Gambling

Riddle me this and riddle me that,

It’s just another riddle from the scorpion’s cap.

Do you dance or do you stare,

Pray tell me sir, would you dare?

Take the bet, don’t take the bait,

There’s only one way to play this straight,

Lay it down or fold em’ over,

You cannot keep your four leaf clover.

It weighs on my soul,

It’s the musk that hangs in the air,

And slowly takes it’s toll,

It rolls in your gut and penetrates your eyes,

It creeps up your legs and swirls around your thighs,

You know what’s coming but how do you prepare?

What do you do when you can’t be there?

All the King’s horses and all the King’s men,

Couldn’t save her broken hen,

You’re scared of reality, you’re scared of the truth,

Life has a bitter way of stealing our youth,

It won’t come early, it won’t come late,

You don’t know your time,

You can’t control fate.

Once Upon A Fairy Tale

Once upon a fairy tale

There was a pretty lad

He bowed before a lady

And promised all he had

Upon receiving her in faith

He turned and spurned her love

Leaving her in agony

With a heavy hearted shove.

Her doom and gloom spread out

And darkened all the land

Until nightmares and divorce

Were all that that could be had

A committee went out in search

Looking to find

Another love for the maiden

To turn her back to kind.

But 'love cannot be rushed' she said

And weeped until she cried

She spread her hands about her face

To hide the pain from his lies

To save her people from disgrace

She turned herself to stone

And spent the rest of her days

Frozen and alone.

Scorpion

You’re an empath, so you think you already know,

But I’ve got a lifetime of pretending not to care,

So play your little mind games, I can match every row,

Run, run, as fast as you can, catch me if you dare,

Beware his passionate embrace or his lovely eyes,

He’s shifty, quick and crafty, he’ll burn you with his lies…

I try to remember that you really don’t care,

But it’s impossible to think of anything else,

When you’re always right there,

So I climb up and up trying to find where the sky stops,

Hoping there’s a cliff or a giant mountain top,

There I can fling myself over into the fiery pits below,

Anything to avoid the pain of another scorpion’s blow.  

Numb

And so it falls apart

The monster inside picks at the crumbs

Savoring every last flavor

As the remaining heart goes numb.

You took yours a long time ago

Encased it in steel

To protect yourself from reality

To protect yourself from what’s real.

I was too stubborn to stop you

I just kept dreaming,

Living in an alternate reality,

While you kept bleeding out in front of me.

You pick at my defenses,

You shout at my tears,

But I kept quiet and numb,

Even after all these years.

Empty Dreams

I'm in an empty desert,

Following my dreams,

No one else can see them,

I'm alone as it seems.

But I don't care, I'm strong enough,

I've got hope as my lazer beam,

Gonna shoot through this pain,

And fill my cup with empty dreams.

I've got the follow through,

Only I can turn the key,

I'm building up my spine with steel,

I don't need anyone to carry me.

When the wind won't serve me,

I'll take to the oars,

Let my intentions be genuine,

Let love sweat from my pores.

I know I'm strong enough,

I've got hope as my lazer beam,

Gonna shoot through this pain,

And fill my cup with empty dreams.

My Ode to Grad School

Stuck in the land of in between,

I stare out the glass at everyone’s dreams,

Their muffled laughter rings throughout the land,

As I sit and ponder who I am,



A crystal lattice gleams in the distance,

A web of creation I continue to weave,

Sometimes I think it's a Sisyphean task,

As I count down the hours until I get to leave,



Time wilts in the humidity,

Fate wobbles with remorse,

But I must not give into doubt,

For only I can chart my course.

I fondle at my emotions,
Trying to pluck a song from a dead string,
The same old tune sings back,
But about him I’ve already written everything,

What I need is a new adventure,
A journey of human emotion,
Not with a someone, but a someplace,
I need somewhere to pour this devotion.

ALEXANDRA STAN - Mr. Saxobeat

I'd do anything to save you
Cross the desert, Swim the sea
Anything to keep you here with me

Heartbeats, heartbeats
Count that precious tone
Just like King Arthur I'm here
To pull the sword from your stone

How can the world be so cruel
To present something so unattainable
To send me beautiful, perfect, untouchable you?

Yes, you love me, this I can see
But you'll never feel it
Quite the same as me

So smile my darling
I'm here to find a cure
For you it's attainable,
For me, I'm not quite sure.