Skin Deep

your bewitching beauty

appeals to my artistic senses

processing decorative drops

of engaging suggestive reasons

to enchant you with my charm

I hold out to you my arm

to take hold of there is no need

for words let's just show love

to the world what we are made of

I'll give to you a tulip today and

tomorrow a rose bouquet and

plant you a flower garden the next day

I don't have to search for the words

to express how I feel within

locked up and imprisoned

rattling the cage trying to

franticly engage your attention

am I threatening your internal senses

to come closer to this romantic lunacy

the questionable answer to the madness

no explanation that  can explain

It's like I'm in the backseat and I'm being

driven insane heading toward the guardrail

and It's hard to tell where I'm going

through the tinted glass I can't see a thing

the radio is on full blast

playing a song from my past

a song that’s hard for me to forget

a song I use to sing that made me

stop reaching out for pain