By the Way

Wrap her up in a blanket
of snow
Untouchable
Untouched
Love is something she buys in a second-hand store
Penny candy
Cheap sweets
Short skirts and tight shirts
Swim in the sea of femininity
Diluted with sunlight

All she wants is lipstick against lipstick
A moonlight serenade
A chance to dine with night
And she sits around the corner of her office
With tulips – crimson – whispering in her ears

Wrap them up in a cocoon
of starlight
Blinding
Blinded
Love is something they see in billboard advertisements
Dazzling smiles
Warm touches
Engagement rings and wedding veils
Walk among the desert of expectancy
Unquenchable thirst

All they want is cologne mixed with perfume
A sunset embrace
An ideal bonding
And they amble in circles on the boardwalk
With questions – silent – dancing in their heads

She hears her heart beating
Her sanity receding
As she stands at the edge of the tracks
One, two, three
She counts silently
Love lost on her lips

They see her mind pace
The minutes – a race
As they fail to move at all
One, two, three
They scream aloud
Life lost on the tracks