The bite came

When people were

Talking behind my back

And it surprised me

And embarrassed me

Because isn’t that typical

I always thought

That I was the type

Who would handle

The pathetic gossip’s tongue

Better than I did

But it froze me solid

In an instant

Because, I think

It was so ridiculously untrue

A calculated and illogical untruth

Yet it had legs

And they ran far

And for a very brief moment

I thought, “Am I? Did I?”

Buy of course not

Because common sense

Is a winning zinger

Like glitter on

An exclamation point

And I must say

I lost my love for music

Right there

And I could not flip it

With that bit of lies

The songwriter died

And he limps along still

Like a one-legged spider

All because

You wanted to say

Somethin’ juicy

That was the day

The bite came

To my soul.