Lido Shuffle

Limp libido
Lido shuffle
Begins a scuffle
Between you and I
To make me cry
A thousand words
That are never heard
By deafening ears
The traveling tears
Run down my face
I lose the race
With my desires
Extinguish the fires
Of love I’ve borne
And now I’m torn
Between hearts content
And lovers bent
On self destruct
I think we’re fucked
And never kissed
I think we missed
The boat this time
And now we find
That we don’t talk
That when we walk
The silence rules
We’re played for fools
In lovers games
We pray for rains
To make some steam
To fill this dream
With love and heat
But we retreat
Into our heads
Out of our bed
To others minds
She’s gone sometimes
To where she goes
I do not know
I feel the loss
Of heart across
The timeless feel
Of space so real
Where is her heart
When we’re apart
Where is her mind
Throughout those times
Of shadow days
Of mindless haze             
And I can’t bear
That I’m aware
There’s something amiss
When we kiss
She lacks the spark
It makes me dark
And brooding now
I don’t know how
To bring it back
This aching lack
It rattles my cage
And brings the rage
At life and love
And God above
Like dangled meat
A lions treat
With hook inside
And wounded pride
I search for words
I can’t be heard
I hang my head and
Pray for bed
And rest my heart
And close my eyes
I know that eventually
Everyone dies.