Firsts, then seconds

[Muzatsu]

Firsts, then Seconds

 

The first time,

I loved a boy

I knew he was no good.

he was just a tomcat

looking for a mouse.

 

Oh how I fell, ensnared,

by the meaningless words

he calmly reassured.

But oh how lonely,

how sad, he wasn’t very fair.

 

He liked to play with his food

and several other morsels before

he chose his meal,

But I escaped that mess,

Narrowly it seems.

 

Ah yes, the second time was

even better, so sweet.

With the pleasant mask of someone

As beautiful as Adonis.

As pure as a lamb.

 

Harping upon me like a maiden

Promising me the sea

Declaring love unending,

we all know how that goes.

 

Then, the late night drinking,

the self-degrading talk

The lazy half-hearted recitations

revealed behind the mask, the demons

 

That made this boy,

As common as the clay I walk upon

Think he was a man

To take his left rib back this way.

[HappyAsALark]

I think this is beautifully written!

[Zackinlaw]

Ah yes, the second time was

even better, so sweet.

With the pleasant mask of someone

As beautiful as Adonis.

As pure as a lamb.

 

Harping upon me like a maiden

Promising me the sea

Declaring love unending,

we all know how that goes.

 

Then, the late night drinking,

the self-degrading talk

The lazy half-hearted recitations

revealed behind the mask, the demons

 

That made this boy,

As common as the clay I walk upon

Think he was a man

To take his left rib back this way.

 

Yes it is beautifully written, love the metaphors ... and very germane to this forum where girls often mistake Adonises and guys often mistake Venuses for something they are not. If I were Mother Nature's husband, I would arrange to have looks and attractiveness actually reflect the quality of the person inside. Now THAT would be a total rearrangement of the world as we know it!!!

 

Zack.

 

ps ... that's a great idea for a movie plot!!!

[Muzatsu]

Yes it is beautifully written, love the metaphors ... and very germane to this forum where girls often mistake Adonises and guys often mistake Venuses for something they are not. If I were Mother Nature's husband, I would arrange to have looks and attractiveness actually reflect the quality of the person inside. Now THAT would be a total rearrangement of the world as we know it!!!

 

Zack.

 

ps ... that's a great idea for a movie plot!!!

 

Hehe thanks Zack. Looks can be so appealing but the inner ugliness is always a setback isn't it... Last time I fall in love with someone who is more in love with himself than he is with me. Not just self-love but arrogance.