Lurking in the background
He watches our every move
Pacing there since the moment
He set his sights on me and you

Right in the center of attention
Is where we often see him to be
Yet in his world we’ll find nothing
If he gets his hooks in us too deep

Like a fox loose in the hen house
He stirs the chickens out of their nests
And after attacking the one closest to him
He assesses the next one he can easily get

Then in disguise like a magician’s assistant
He works hard to dazzle us with his charm
But as an audience sees the same tricks again
Interests wane until given reasons for alarm

When we open windows to let the outside in
We find a village where we can let our insides out
And we choose our like minds to express with
While learning what life and love are all about

So in this sphere of scammers with skill
We’re careful to check ID’s at the door
And when those without references leave
The rest resume living as we were before

© Athena Rose

03/05/13

this was very well written and explained
for the world how many, of them
in here
they think every woman is easy to fool
i had one in here to day ,

hi Ragnhild, nice to meet you, and welcome to Mingle... thank you for reading my work... yes, we will find many scammers on these dating sites that are here to lure gullible people into giving them whatever they are after... some we can see for what they are with only one contact because they're in too big a hurry to get the game started... while others it takes time to get to know on a personal level before we can see they're after something too, but are smart enough to keep a slow but steady pace up until they can break down our defenses... with either type of player/scammer, all we women have to do to protect ourselves is take everything very slowly... because with enough time the truth is eventually revealed and then we can decide what to do with it, while knowing we haven't lost or wasted anything in the process except our time...

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I must say I am very agree
With this, you, writing
they think that they can break us down
to give us in to their desires
oh yes they have try from the first day i com in, here
and the world what they love you even if they never have see you
in the real life..and they are very quick and will have your email address.. oh yes but they dont think,they are so easy to see through.

once again, thank you for your thoughtful response... I have no doubt that you can see right through them too...

hi nice writing good subject i hope you wont mind the credit.! but for some reason the title and some of the subject made me go off on a tangent and write radar love a bit on stalkers i will have it printed here tomorrow i hope look forward to having time to reading more of your style. thanks? again for distracting my brain LOL

Hi ya you have written a very intensely descriptive piece but can't help to say rhis one thing in life its not the devil you see that you should be weary of rather the devil you don't see lurking that you should fear

cool rynn, I look forward to reading you too...

you are so right... inkman... and that's even scarier... knowing that people lay in wait to hurt others... makes me soo..

good day i actually would like to take that back and instead say thank you for sharing i found the title and content very inspiring

cool.. thanks for your kind words...