He carries a black widow spider
in his pocket
it keeps him alert,
he's tattooed from here to there
he always liked the pain,
an endorphin junkie.
He wears a Mohawk too
His belt is a live rattlesnake
he doesn't like to be bothered
He's a dangerous man in a dangerous world
He met Ray
a princess from Bakersfield
She had a smile that
opened the heart
He looked at her
He looked at his life
He had looked at one death too many
He paused
Much to his surprise
He chose life
His heart it creaked on open
She saw something in him
I'm going to have to ask her
what it was.
She turned on her healing light
offered acceptance,
When violence calls
She taps his shoulder
and no one knows why
but he feels the warmth of the sun
rotating in his chest
he walks away,
it's okay.
Will they make it into the everlasting sunset?
Your guess is as good as mine
But for now
their love is what
legends are made of.