Jaws of steel
Fangs of a cobra
Sharp as razors
Glint in the dim light

Under his control
Viciously they rip
The staples out
As he sorts his papers

Summoning a waterfall
He fills the sea
Commanding sweet hail
Into its milky depths

His steely trident
Churns up a maelstrom
Raising a soaked raft of leaves
He casts it from the sea

And laying aside his trident
Raises his cup and sips his tea

Armed with spears
They stand on the ramparts  
Of the wall you built around your heart
To keep love out

The tar and fire
Falling from your lips
Burns at the forces
Bashing at its door

But there’s no retreat
From this battle that I’m in
Volunteers springing up
Willing to rush at your walls

Pierced by your words
Some crumble and fall
Taunts from catapults fly
Crushing men where they lie

But through the flurry of arrows that fall
The flag that I carry shields me from it all
Proud and white it ***** on high
“I Love you” it reads, I will not die!

Like a stick man
I danced across the pages of your heart
Page after page
Ream after ream
Living my dream

Time passed so fast i got lost
in the origami of your emotions
Found myself torn out of your story
Floating away on a breeze of regret
As you faded into memory

Naive, my age splashed across each sheet
I never dreamed you’d cheat
Your expression blank
like the new page I’m trying to turn

Our lives smudged with tears
Our love erased by mistakes
Where did we go wrong?
There’s no paper trail
So draw me a map back to your heart

Thunder and crackle
Lightning and spark
A whirl of colour
Igniting the dark

Hush now baby
Close your eyes
Drift off to sleep
For God watches from the skies

His Head inclined
He listens to your sighs
And reaching down
Dries all tears from your eyes.

The waves of that night
Were wilder than could be
There was no safe or sound place in sight
And the vessels bobbed like corks upon the sea

The churning of the maelstrom with mouth open wide
Drew me nearer with each violent surge
And still deeper sank I, struggling against the tide
To reach the side, the shore was my only urge

The hurricane winds that hit the waves made them rip
I struggled to avoid drowning as I felt the tempest’s wrath
And when my frantic hand finally got a grip
I stood up, closed the window and got out of the bath