Friend.

hey!
you!
who invited your intrusion?
it certainly wasn't me.
oh, you care,
do you?
love?
you stare down my life
searching for flaws
researching failures.
you carry your script
demanding my recital
producing each episode
a critic, callous,
a puppeteer, proud,
and i am stuffed full of your thoughts
until my heart fails me
and i surrender,
apologising,
a puppy,
with it's tail between it legs.
well excuse me as I take my leave.
let me depart with this gift,
a mirror
with my name etched onto the glass.
have a ball.