The love of his life
was a dream in his mind
A possession, no matter the cost
And the letter she wrote
of the pink feathered kind
Was a vision of lust that he lost
He followed her words
like a snake will unwind
With prayers between legs,
she uncrossed
Then he traded his soul
for a taste that would bind
Pretty kisses of pink cherry gloss

While into the day,
her darkness did follow
The sky was a canvas of dread
The sun, it succumbed, to the guilt
that she swallowed
The truth was a line she was fed
A kiss for good luck,
and faith that she borrowed
Some clouds gathered round in her head
The future’s arriving,
they call it tomorrow
Another excuse to see red

But love overshadows
the brilliance of heartbreak
Deception breeds no ill effects
As life dissolves steadfast
in plans that we make
Strength evolves through love’s neglect
Opening doors are like chances we take
Answers appear (retrospect)
Saving grace grabs you (elegant namesakes)
Life becomes what we expect

Now between you and me,
the girl was divided
It’s choice that determines our fate
The lives that we lose
and the paths we’ve decided
Sometimes it’s much better to wait
The ghosts of cold lovers,
and journeys misguided
Breeds nothing but worry and hate
The moon is a lie,
their worlds have collided
She jumped off her rocket too late

Seems he fell into mischief,
a spell (was enchanted)
How reasons change views,
much like smoke
A love of a lifetime
that he took for granted
A punchline for unfunny jokes
Her aim, it was true; his aim,
it was slanted
With questions for each word he spoke
Her fertile mind subject
to wicked seeds planted
While every vain promise he broke

But love overshadows
the brilliance of heartbreak
Deception comes to no effect
As life dissolves steadfast
in plans that we’re making
Strength evolves through love’s neglect
Opening doors are chances we take
Answers appear (retrospect)
Saving grace grabs you (elegant namesakes)
Life becomes what we expect

The taste that still haunts her
Wet kisses…remember?
Those dreams of true love at the start
But changes are subtle,
like whispering thoughts blur
Or names on the point of a dart
Like words become markers,
like poems may infer
We see loss so clear when apart
A choice that’s seems right,
the disease or the cure…
Eventually, breaking your heart

Betrayals in hindsight,
persistence of cravings
Inherently, drawn to the fire
A penchant for trouble,
you love misbehaving
Attracted to losers and liars
It’s pockets for holes…
For the nothing he’s saving
So fleeting, the joy he acquires
An epitaph bleeding
for gravestone’s engraving
The universe slyly conspires

But love overshadows
the brilliance of heartbreak
Deception breeds no ill effects
As life dissolves steadfast
in plans that we make
Strength evolves through love’s neglect
Opening doors are like chances we take
Answers appear (retrospect)
Saving grace grabs you (elegant namesakes)
Life becomes what we expect

TM DiSarro