Post by ScarletMornings on Jun 22, 2005 23:36:03 GMT -8
A spider crawls across the floor
tiny black dot
scrabbling over tiles
in my kitchen
I reach for something
to kill it with
but pause
Close my eyes
and I can see
the tiny black dot
wriggling through my vision
strange how something so insignificant
can plant itself in my mind
I guess it's no wonder I can't get away from you
You asked me for it all
and I gave
my heart, soul, mind
I guess that makes you more
than that little spider
imprinted on my eyelids
I can see you perfectly too
so devastating, aren't you?
Maybe you can see me also
because to you
I was just that spider
insignificant but for that brief moment
when I caught your eye
the motion of my life
attracting your attention
but maybe I got caught in your mind
To us, spiders are nothing
yet they have thoughts and destinations
we don't think about
maybe someone should
not you, I guess
I got caught in my own web
of innocence, I suppose
how naive I was
to think those beautiful, silken strands
were strong enough to hold anyone
but me
pretty baubles that catch your attention
so briefly
And the only poison in me
was desire
swift and hot in my body
but I never got close enough
to bite
maybe my web held me back
But the brief time I caught your attention
meant so little to you
but left me tangled in the ripped up remains
of my innocence
ruined in the flicker of a moment
you reached for something to kill me with
as, unsuspecting, I kept walking
A spider crawls across my floor
making its way over the kitchen tiles
I sit back and smile faintly
as it disappears from my view
and from my mind
tiny black dot
scrabbling over tiles
in my kitchen
I reach for something
to kill it with
but pause
Close my eyes
and I can see
the tiny black dot
wriggling through my vision
strange how something so insignificant
can plant itself in my mind
I guess it's no wonder I can't get away from you
You asked me for it all
and I gave
my heart, soul, mind
I guess that makes you more
than that little spider
imprinted on my eyelids
I can see you perfectly too
so devastating, aren't you?
Maybe you can see me also
because to you
I was just that spider
insignificant but for that brief moment
when I caught your eye
the motion of my life
attracting your attention
but maybe I got caught in your mind
To us, spiders are nothing
yet they have thoughts and destinations
we don't think about
maybe someone should
not you, I guess
I got caught in my own web
of innocence, I suppose
how naive I was
to think those beautiful, silken strands
were strong enough to hold anyone
but me
pretty baubles that catch your attention
so briefly
And the only poison in me
was desire
swift and hot in my body
but I never got close enough
to bite
maybe my web held me back
But the brief time I caught your attention
meant so little to you
but left me tangled in the ripped up remains
of my innocence
ruined in the flicker of a moment
you reached for something to kill me with
as, unsuspecting, I kept walking
A spider crawls across my floor
making its way over the kitchen tiles
I sit back and smile faintly
as it disappears from my view
and from my mind