Wwaass Tthhaatt Aa Ssppaarrkk Ii Ssaaww Iinn Tthhee Ppaarrkk
YA KNOW WHAT, I AIN'T ENTITLING THIS BECAUSE I JUST MISSED THE TITLE STORE
THERE ONCE BE A PAIR
THEY MET IN A PARK
IN THE DARKNESS OF DESPAIR
AND SUDDENLY A SPARK
BUT AN ERRANT FLAME THIS COULD BE
ALAS, A LAD AND A LASS
'TWAS ON A NIGHT TWO WOUDST AGREE
TO NAKED THEIR FEET AND WALK ON SHATTERED GLASS
OH THE SHARPENED SHALE OF DEPTH IT GOAL
LEAVING BLOOD AS A TRAIL THEY KNEW LED TO NOWHERE
AND OH THE INNOCENCE THOSE ILLICIT ILLUSTRATIONS STOLE
YET NEITHER USED THEIR BETTER JUDGEMENT AND NOR FEAR
EACH PAIR OF EYES FOCUSED ON A FLICKERING LAMP
YET MINDS BESET BY SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T THEY
AND THERE MIDST A MISTY EVE WITH TRANQUILLY DAMP
HE SAID "FOR THE MISSING STARS IN THE SKY SOMEONE MUST PAY"
AND SO THEY ROSE TO STROLL SOMEWHERE EACH KNEW LITTLE OF
BLINDLY DID BOTH YONDER THEN TO PIERCE A FEARSOME LINE
NO, IT BE NOT WHAT YOU MAY THINK IF YOU THINK IT LOVE
I ONLY KNOW THEY WERE WAYWARD AND ONE OF THEM DIED BUT FROM
WHAT......WELL YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE
(C) 2011......phreepoetree ~free cee!~
Copyright © Jeffry Cohan | Year Posted 2011
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