inner cadence

06.07.06

I am a catch that you never can have.
I am a bird that refuses the cage.
I am a hue in a world so drab.
I am the fight in a consuming rage.

I am the humor in jokes passed 'tween friends.
I am the smile on the child's loving face.
I am the punch line thrown out at the end.
I am the innocence found only in grace.

I'm the small flame that brought the great fire-
A droplet of rain that floods all the land.
I'm the distraction that makes man fall of wire.
I am the rod that beats child's hand.

I am the friend that none would suspect.
I oscillate between heaven and hell.
I am the saint who commands great respect.
I am the angel who long ago fell.

I am the one who embraces and smiles.
I am the one who fights by your side.
I am the one who brings you to trial.
I am the heartless who whispers a lie.

I am the one who will try all I can.
I am the failure who has nothing left.
I am the lady with all of the men.
I am the criminal, the killer, the theft.

I am the one you shan't and can't trust.
I sing sweet melodies deceptive and cruel.
I give no one room unless truly I must.
I lead to disaster the ignorant fool.

I change my colors for eyes that behold.
I fit 'ideal' in anyone's dream.
I read your wants and to that I can mold.
I am perceptive and ever so keen.

I am the one who will drive in the stake.
I am the heartless one smiling as you die.
I shrug my shoulders when you find I'm a fake.
But deep in my heart, I drown in my cry.

Deep down within it's myself I despise.
But no one can see past my cold, empty eyes.