Spirals of deceit surround and hold me
confusing with words you once swore true.
Riding on lies like a mode for movement
(tell me your secret) what is it that you do?
Selling sweetly scented samples of lust
controlling with eyes that sparkle and glow.
Struggling to hide behind pretty-painted masks
(dare you to speak) infidelity shows.
Protected by truth, it comes in all forms
naivety in me has been taken and lost.
Tongue bleeding to tell a thousand lies
(whisper your feelings) with lips still glossed.
Dehydrated from tears that wouldn't stay in
Your lips oozed with words that weren't new.
A dream lived in me that you truly felt
Don't sell me funeral plots
on late night television
if the end is already in sight
am I supposed to pull the sheets up to my neck,
count to zero,
smile, and cease?
no
keep your pills, in all their pretty colors:
celebrex, propecia, allegra, lipitor, zanex, viagra
keep them for scrabble
keep your rogaine, your facelifts
keep your death insurance
keep your graveyard reservations
hit me running.
let me go down swinging
make it a sport:
give me a ten-minute head start
and an obstacle course.
place a beautiful girl on the far side of a mine field
and whisper, "she wants to kiss you"
target me on my feet
dodging doomsday's in