Here we are again more negative gossip.
Don’t throw rocks, just look in your closet.
No one is perfect, you shouldn’t point out.
You’re not that special, stay home and pout.
Go back down under and stroll your own lot.
Hateful comments appreciated are not.
The big man on campus, a big mouth indeed.
Why put others down? Is there really a need?
You don’t sound special your words are for not.
You sound more like a hypocritical snot.
Do we talk about your mother and the kids that she raised?
Your arrogant disrespect really leaves me amazed.
When I think back...
I see your eyes on me across the room,
The way your lips slowly curve into a happy smile,
Your strong arms holding a child,
And I think back...
Do you remember being the "Big Man" on campus back then?
Or the easy ways of the women you've held?
The loving hearts that you've shuttered and broke?
And I think back...
Do you remember those secret games we once played?
Or the silent pleas to the Lord that you've made?
The loving family you've had and destroyed?
And I think back...
And I think back to the way things are and smile,
And I think back to the way you were and I know,
And I think back to the man you've become and I love you,
And I thank back...then I thank God.
Alluring Reputation
He tried to lure me to his roost
Judging me by my outer shell
He sought a conquest – ego boost
But my faith soon made his life hell
First base? Okay, yes, we shared a kiss
I cringed when he let his hands roam
But then I said, “Listen to this!
The ref isn’t calling you home.”
I knew that sex without marriage
Had been forbidden by my church
To me it was a sacrilege
I walked away, left him in the lurch
This big man on campus now feared
No gals would find him alluring
What would he do if rumors cleared?
Torment he would be enduring
Couldn’t even reach second base
And as I continued to date
One boy saw my heart, not my face
The loser just used the wrong bait
*For Paula’s “The Allure of a Lure is Alluring” contest
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