Love is like a Bounced Check

Brown face is a strainer for tears Like lace they fall poetic to all A ribbon of red bloody fears You still call but I no longer talk What occurred is reality set in I’m no longer your prisoner No longer your passionate sin No longer your world to live in I see your smile and see denial You only loved the idea of me But not enough to make me queen Not enough to share my dream I wanted simple things a true embrace Remembrance of special occasions To be loved in a safe place But you could never be so clever I’d never ask you to cherry change You are who you are even if pains Not your fault I was so in love with love That lightening struck out of luck And love wasn’t enough It’s not enough when it’s just a cliché You cut me out like cardboard heart For a public masquerade You only see my figure and my face You misread my spirit my soul my faith You don’t see me you don’t read me You don’t breathe me you don’t feed me You don’t need me the same way I need you