Joy Ride
I stand hypnotized, before eyes that don’t tire
they stare at me endlessly, demanding not to deny,
lovely words force transmitted to my tired mind.
In my eager heart, seeds of seductive promises,
they leave behind, favors to come in time,
for ever into my dull, barren days and nights.
Her burning eyes, they shame me shamelessly
I’m empty, shallow, worth nothing inside of me?
yet they plead I’m her all, life and everything.
Then change their mind, bid me farewell, no byes
assuring me we don’t have to live or die hopelessly.
They ask me to leave, never return, then they
plead, “Please stay, I need you again today.”
Her burning eyes, they tell me whispered stories
past conquests in love and her days of vain glory,
they tell me she is sad, with reasons to feel sorry.
Now speaking of worlds I haven’t ever seen before,
invite me to sin; flash a covered bosom tantalizingly,
yet I see them turn away, refuse love a home perpetually.
Her burning eyes cast magic shadows, show me
colorful dreams I lust for, fantasies I die to behold.
Like bright light houses on an island unknown
they light paths I follow but to a sweet hell below.
Speaking of a life and joy beyond tomorrow,
my life, this here and now, they want to borrow.
Her burning eyes, unspoken vows of everything,
commit to keep me afloat, fly me without wings.
Her burning eyes, always mistaken for signs of life,
in a world filled with my loneliness and silent strife.
Her burning eyes, they call my name, incite a crime
I see the reality; lips moving in a rehearsed mime
a silent prayer for love burns inside of me this time,
I turn and walk away, against my heart, leave behind
a world that’d forever be nothing but a comforting lie.
