changeling

this one is a little unsettling, sure. but it’s for good reason i promise! i’m playing in a D&D game tonight and my old character is going to move on from the group to pursue their own whims. my new character is a changeling who is going to assume the form of my old character and use them as an “in” to the group, saying they “had a change of heart”. it’s going to be a fun little charade, we’ll see how long it lasts. here’s: changeling

why be myself when i can be you?
i watch as you toss aside your cares & comrades.
such a heartless thing, you exist just for you.
oh but i’ll show them what you should have been.
not for you, no.
but for them, for they deserve better.

i take your visage & your voice.
tuck my own in the back of my consciousness where no one will find it.
prepare for your reintroduction against your will,
i’ll be a better you than you could ever be.