A Snake in the Grass

Whatever she said, you took her at her word.
Didn't even ask me if it was true.
No conversation was had,  I was just pushed away.

You barely noticed her there, that made her angry.
Jealousy drove her, till she took me down.
Blow by blow, shot for shot, weaponizing the outcome.
I was trapped, there was no escape.

She was against me from the started.
I was blissfully unaware of the threat.
Like a snake, she struck at the perfect moment.
We fell for it!

Now, like a Cheshire cat, she grins at me as if to say,

"If I can't have a happy ending, then neither can you."

©JennaClaireDouglass