Pele’s Rival
The sun goes down and the heat comes up I see the lava reflected in your eyes The smell of your hair and the warmth of your breath Make me wonder if it’s all a disguise The pipeline swells to the beat of our hearts The surf meets the sand with glee A wink in your eye, then I know I have your love eternally The torches blaze at dusk You host a luau for two I watch your hips sway in that grass skirt And I become your fool Come, let those trade winds blow We’re alone on our private isle As the tender kisses start to flow I believe I’ve met Pele’s rival Love Like Winter Relationships are like snowflakes No two are the same Both intricate, complex, meaningful Trying to make their name A lover can be a force of nature With each gust rendering pleasure or pain Our fields are not barren No gesture is made in vain The fireplace naught Our connection is all we need Your passion encases me as frost on a berry Devotion so complete Both blizzards and lovers swirl through our lives But only a chosen few Give us a new landscape Show us life born anew Today's Brass Ring is Gold I used to have it all Cash, cars, clothes Jet waiting on the tarmac Who cares where it goes But times are getting tough now, baby Last year’s bonus was a pink slip Now I sit alone and cry Ask Jack Daniels for a grip It’s the same thing every time Hiring man say’s I’m overqualified Had a policy worth $999K Sometimes wish I’d rather died It’s hard for an educated man like me To have his car repossessed Never thought the bottom could sink deeper Today I’d settle for third best Through it all you are there for me Your smile shines with no hesitation You say your love is as strong as ever Here I can rest my weary head www.fredshrum.wordpress.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredshrum I have been previously published by Close To The Bone, Punk Noir, Versification and others.
Fevers of the Mind 