Post by Laura on Aug 23, 2005 16:58:55 GMT -6
p/n: I realize the ending is abrupt but I got frustrated and pissed off. There is foul language and adult themes. I should start rating my poems. This would be rated R. This isn't exactly that dark but it gets kind of depressing at least for me.
"After Taste"
honey gave me lip service
he gave me everything
and wine,
he drank it from the bottle
and we'd exchange glances
we used to tuck ourselves into our skin
I'd see him on the outside;
I'd see him in a while
and if you looked inside
you would see there were two bodies there
our skin matched perfectly
our tones were identical.
and honey gave me love
something I never knew of
I used to be so tangled
every man was a gambler with me
and when they said
"you're just like my wife"
I could taste their disappointment
but I never said a word
silence always spoke louder
but honey gave me more.
and honey was all I ever wanted
never gave me sh*t
because I always called him on it
and honey brought me in
those streets were always so dark
I was sick of quarters gathering at my feet
when they'd all say
"you be the prostitute and I'll provide the meat"
f**king chickens missing their mother
kissing their wives but f**king their brother's
but honey wasn't like that with me.
but honey doesn't last forever
slipping into one of them
could my lover become a zombie
blind and unsatisfied
dead but alive?
cause honey got me pregnant
left without a note
shoved one last kiss out of my mouth
and shut that f**king door.
"After Taste"
honey gave me lip service
he gave me everything
and wine,
he drank it from the bottle
and we'd exchange glances
we used to tuck ourselves into our skin
I'd see him on the outside;
I'd see him in a while
and if you looked inside
you would see there were two bodies there
our skin matched perfectly
our tones were identical.
and honey gave me love
something I never knew of
I used to be so tangled
every man was a gambler with me
and when they said
"you're just like my wife"
I could taste their disappointment
but I never said a word
silence always spoke louder
but honey gave me more.
and honey was all I ever wanted
never gave me sh*t
because I always called him on it
and honey brought me in
those streets were always so dark
I was sick of quarters gathering at my feet
when they'd all say
"you be the prostitute and I'll provide the meat"
f**king chickens missing their mother
kissing their wives but f**king their brother's
but honey wasn't like that with me.
but honey doesn't last forever
slipping into one of them
could my lover become a zombie
blind and unsatisfied
dead but alive?
cause honey got me pregnant
left without a note
shoved one last kiss out of my mouth
and shut that f**king door.