Looking out
over the horizon,
wondering what's going on over there,
I want to shout,
that's not surprising,
but I don't have the breath to spare
Thinking about,
all the times I've faltered,
so many dark shadows you and I passed through,
taking alternate routes,
to your altar,
finding all roads to paradise lead back to only you
Standing out,
No, not really,
it's your presence that defines who I am,
I don't have the clout,
when my coldness leaves you feeling chilly,
aimless hearts can't make love demands
Not when you smile,
for a while,
and then the smile turns into a frown,
not when you laugh,
about the past,
and my past prologue shoots the future
down
to earth
right back down to earth
Looking out,
forecasting the future,
partly cloudy with the threat of rain,
run my fingers, down my sutures
no one but myself to blame
Thinking about,
my words without thought,
smart at times, yet I remain so unaware,
leaving doubts,
always falling behind,
I know you're tired of truth or consequences,
do or dares
Standing out,
for the wrong reasons,
two steps behind for every step ahead,
weeds start to sprout,
watered by treason,
you can't detect the scent of love
if the seeds I've sown are already dead
I remember,
your smile for a while,
and then your smile became a frown,
I remember your laugh,
then my wrath
shot our love back down
to earth,
right back down to earth
I was,
SCHEMING,
STREAMING,
DAY DREAMING,
OF DEMONS,
DOWN STREAM,
FROM A LOVE THEME,
MOON BEAMS,
AND WHIPPED CREAM,
CAN'T BE REDEEMING,
NOT WHEN MY EXTREMES,
AFFECT YOUR SELF-ESTEEM,
MY PERSONAL INTIFADA SLOWLY TOPPLING
OUR REGIME,
MY RAGE AND PAIN
DOUBLE-TEAMING,
YOU AND THE SUPREME,
LOVE TRIPPING
ON A BLALANCE BEAM,
SLIPPING
INTO DARKNESS, ONCE A FRIEND,
NOW A FIEND,
DRAINING THE BLOOD STREAM,
OF OUR ONCE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
And, that's why I'm always
LOOKING OUT, over the horizon,
THINKING ABOUT, my many uprisings,
one truth STANDING OUT, not surprising,
a love endorsed by Sacred birth,
I've shot back down
to earth,
right back down to earth
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