He was the coldest S-O-B (Eng. )

He  was  the  coldest  S-O-B,
who  had  a  warm  and  friendly  smile
and  was  as  bright  as  one  can  be
and  had  a  talent  to  beguile

your  heart  and  trust  with  easy  grace
(without  much  effort  or  intent),
which  he  then  casually  betrayed
and  didn't  bother  to  pretend,
 
that  there  was  something  more  to  that
than  simple,  basic  ways  of  life
(and  you  would  doubt  yourself,  and  fret,
and  think  that  maybe  he  was  right).

It  didn’t  weigh  on  him  at  all—
your  perished  hopes,  your  inner  hurts,
and  since  it  never  was  his  fault,
he  wasn’t  burdened  with  regrets.

He  felt  himself  an  honest  guy
(within  his  limits  it  was  true),
you  liked  his  cool  uncrumpled  style—
he  made  no  promises  to  you.

Not  inconvenienced  by  lies,
out  of  his  mind  he  duly  crossed
those  who  were  sold  on  his  disguise,
and  took  their  chance  on  him--and  lost.

адреса: https://www.poetryclub.com.ua/getpoem.php?id=616104
Рубрика: Портретна поезія
дата надходження 26.10.2015
автор: Вікторія Т.