With clever words
You sew my lips shut.
With blameless guilt
You drive me to my knees.

To intimidate
You create the illusion
That you are larger than life
And I cower once again.

I will beg
And I will implore
You to allow
Me to be
No more.

For the illusion of your
Grandeur
Has failed.
Time
And light have
Exposed
Your true
Nature.