you have seen my life
in all it's failing light
they all bought my baited words
and I'd fall to similar poison
i lied to men unwittingly
buying more time for love
she, my drowning victim
struggling against demons
such a fight is made
to strive for that perfection
maybe this once.
once the lone stood,
arms beckoning.
now he stands no longer alone
i summon both
but will my side they take to?
or carry me off this cliff,
to jagged rocks?
once I believed in one
he would be always there
my rock, against time
now there are two in my thoughts,
and in my heart
for I can estrange neither
he with sun in his eyes
and beauty in te