Impulsively, spontaneously I fell for you
a man who knew nothing of my soul and realm
you took my foolish heart and filled it with your greed
then took it all away just like a pirate thief
A man who knew nothing of my soul and realm
gliding in you stole buried treasure from my box
then took it all away just like a pirate thief
despite the fact I was shut tighter than Fort Knox
gliding in you stole buried treasure from my box
promising me trinkets while ravaging my girth
despite the fact I was shut tighter than Fort Knox
I gave you a son and all that I once deemed worth
promising me trinkets while ravaging my girth
placating me with with every drunken ruse
I gave you a son and all that I once deemed worth
exploiting us like cheap cigars and wassailed booze
placating me with every drunken ruse
you took my foolish heart and filled it with your greed
exploiting us like cheap cigars and wassailed booze
impulsively, spontaneously I fell for you.
Date: April 3, 2022
Sponsor L MILTON HANKINS
Contest Name MY FOOLISH HEART
And he stands apart, cold
While the world wassailed and reveled
In the full glare of the light
Till dusk comes beckoning.
He shrouds from the awkward embraces
A language in plethoric display.
His frame slanted, he observes.
From vantage angle, he gawks.
What endues them such ecstasy?
He mutedly ruminates
Did we not attain the same feat?
He self-chides, raspingly.
The concern of sea-fish with dry land
Paints the image of his indifference.
While the play of celebration ensues,
The boy-man stares and sighs.
His cogitations ferry him to the road ahead
Queries of 'what now', the signs spelt.
Transfixed but detached,
He pondered tomorrow's fate for all.
He shivered with dismay
And fended off a tear.
What reads the fate of the soldier ants
When they march sun-wards?
Who aids the infant cheetah
That was birthed deformed?
While his peers wassailed and reveled.
In the full glare of the world
He looked on, frigid, still, anxious.
Feet there, soul afar.
A tinge of relief, his sole solace.
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