The Fool
Look at me, just once,
look at me and hold my eyes with your gaze.
Let me see what's truly in your heart.
Let me hear what your lips won't say.
It bothers me to know
you don't think of me when you're away.
Am I wrong?
You never make the extra effort,
seek me out only when you need to feel me close.
Read my heart and recognize
everything I don't say.
Why then do I play the fool for you?
I am a fool you know well,
longing for your touch even now.
You filled my empty loneliness,
Your desire called me to give my all with just a touch.
I gave all without restraint, without regret
and you took it gladly.
Is that all I am?
Always i have played the fool
help chose the wiser of the two
away from me, myself and I,
the lover and the fool.
Be the fool for me today.
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