Confidence

You elude my grasp,
deftly - sly.
you teeter and sway
stringing me with you
this way
and that way

you love me tenderly
then slap me fiercely
you cry with me
you console me
you live with me
and i with you.

I want you
to be mine
yet you deny
you never knew me
and i never had you.

I lie to you
you tell me the truth
you show me the mirror
and stroke your raven hair
while i fumble with mine.

you fiddle and twiddle
all day long
you scream at my friends
until they cease to be
you deny me my right
yet you will be mine.

One day you will be
and i will be
your master.