Confidence Man

by Radio-active Potato

A poem from Sawyer's POV about himself, his past, and everyone's hatred towards him (including his own).

They call me a Confidence Man.

Well, they're wrong.

All my "confidence"

Has been long gone.

They're so quick to judge,

They don't see inside.

'Cause between you and me

That's where I hide.

The man on the outside

And the man within

Are two different people,

And they change on a whim.

When I was a boy,

Mom cheated on dad.

He found out and killed her.

Never seen him so mad.

Then I watched in shock

As he died in our foyer.

All on account of

A man named Sawyer.

I promised him death.

Someday, we'd be even.

But as I got older,

I became this heathen.

I forgot what he did.

And I felt so ashamed,

I retreated inside

And took on a new name.

So now I am Him,

And I'm trapped inside.

People don't see

All this wounded pride.

So bend one knee

And hail me, Sawyer.

The 'Confidence Man'

And the life destroyer.