Thorns In You

There’s a threshold you cross
when the book
starts to turn
it‘s a rook
Cheating your present of peace
Stories rewrite
Stars flee the night
judging the cover by look
There’s a dusty old line
in the sand
blown to bits
by my past
no longer tempting the muse
People can change
…a promise I made
Flight over fight, I’ll refuse.
Give and take
The ties that you break
Why, you can’t say
You don’t think that way
Come and go
No longer abide
Blood on your hands won‘t do
Judge not, the thorns in you
At the end of the road
in the dark
lies in wait,
like a shark
Teasing temptation and greed
Narrow my focus
Slaying my course
Not for lust, only to feed.
Give and take
The ties that you break
Why, you can’t say
You don’t think that way
Come and go
No longer abide
Blood on your hands won‘t do
Judge not, the thorns in you