How Hard It Is To Look The Fool

how hard it is to look the Fool
when you live by the Golden Rule
(or try to)

and people think you have no clue
or just deny you

and dont know what to do with you
except to laugh and then to say
what's to expect from her anyway

what's to gain and what's to lose
oh friends once friends I cry to you
I'd rather die than live a lie.

or slink away
from what's to pay
when love is true

and counting on you.
and nothing gained
another way

will leave you anything 
left to say
though you held millions

in your sway.

mary angela douglas 4 november 2019