Choose Your Eyes

Losing titles in this game  
A sword thrust across my throat
To remind me where I reside  
Following lesser men  
 
So I stayed my hand  
Gave praise when I had none  
When his image overshadowed mine  
Up there above all the stars  
 
It ain’t an easy thing  
To do the bowing and turning  
A submission of character  
Charlatans eat better  
 
These walls get higher  
And nothing is bleaker then this  
So I wander under the trees  
Aimless with purpose
 
And there you are  
Dress billowing in the wind  
Bony fingers fiddling with flowers  
Pulled from the ground  
 
I say nothing at all  
But your smile is my spillway  
I speak softly, apologies in advance  
For I’m no one once again  
 
You mutter sacrifice  
Stay the loser in this dance  
It’s a power trip but crack the whip  
I’ll love you with or without  
 
This won’t last forever  
They’ll go hungry in their pennies  
We’ll watch along barricades  
As they eat each other  
 
So choose your eyes, darling