Shimmering Gold
a hard skin to crawl under
when you can’t get with the joke
ev’ryone is a foreigner
they want to see you up in smoke
burning, burning up in smoke
burning, burning down real slow
friends looking on, vaguely confused
cannot be expected to know
black dog bites blindingly cruel
pain has the colours of shimmering gold
burning, burning, shimmering gold
burning, burning down real slow
what of all the summer rain?
laughter from another room
all the windows and doors are closed
no exit here, enter the fool
one way mirror, a real live show
burning, burning, shimmering gold
burning, burning down real slow
burning, burning, shimmering gold
burning, burning down real slow
shimmering gold
Copyright © Rightly Jennings | Year Posted 2018
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