Metanoia by Ron published on 2024-09-06T07:25:58Z I was a boy Fragile in a crimson creek So unaware Tickled by your tepid teeth Your eyes were a fire Oh, I’d be a liar If I said I didn’t love the burn Fashioned to a pyre Marred by desire A lesson I never learned And some nights I make believe You’re lying next to me You’re lying here In moments so gentle and sweet You’ll get the best of me And it’s so everclear That you are The one that I love And that I’ll be Forever enamored By all That once was You found a boy Emphatic, lacking apathy He passed the test Steady in the crimson creek A shepherd to the low A timed and tethered tow In wake of my incompetence Some things I’ll never know Turn to hide, show Sheltered by late light laments And some nights I make believe You’re lying next to me You’re lying here In moments so gentle and sweet You’ll get the best of me And it’s so everclear That you are The one that I love And that I’ll be Forever enamored By all That once was Genre Folk & Singer-Songwriter
