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Rock Paper Scissors

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS

I heard that somewhere in India they say ‘stone paper scissor’
And my bible says they stoned James to death, 
I am hoping I am not to be stoned, for what I would say
And I pray the Angels may ‘bear me up in their hands, lest I dash mine feet against a stone’

In life we face these three stages, rock paper scissors
And in each of these three their two opposite outcomes
Either you cry or celebrate, regardless of your will
But it all start with a thought

Once thought life is a fantasy, follow suit, the legends did it this way
They suffered the consequences and here they lay 
If you get that piece of paper, you are guaranteed of heaven
Out of the blue you are cut out of the list
Like you are the paper, life becomes your scissor

She was a beauty, like an angel walking on earth
Just before she could say a word she bites her lips and does the slow blink
And the calm wind swindles her rubies dress, her name was Perth  
John charges himself to woe not to bethink
And like a pair of scissors, malfunctioning, he was crushed
Like a rock she never shed

When he was a kid, he had a dream about being a rock star
In those fancy clothes he would bling 
Like them at the top with a cigar
But as they do, they left him raveling
Scavenging the poor him to skinless
Suffocating in a paper, breathless
Falling rock like a meteor

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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