Word Thingys: Salome Strangelove
It starts with a kiss, just like this, just like this
Trading tricks for candy, sipping on the devil’s milk
The dark has little left to hide; the night’s as smooth as silk
Tracing out my symbols ‘long your back in ancient ink
Wanton words of binding keep you tethered to the brink
Stone walls may not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage
But I’ll weave limbs like labyrinths you’ll never disengage
Come, take just one little bite — fruit of this twisted tree
Write your name inside my book, then let it all run free
The power of women has always been witchcraft
So they say, so they say, so they say
We dance naked down the deep paths
Come and play, come and play, come and play
At once tangled up and tantalized
Broken down until self-actualized
All you want, all you need, all you wish
Can starts with a kiss, just like this, just like this
It ends with a dream, just like that, just like that
In the palisades you maintain, but never understand
Pair of aces in your pocket, yet you’ll throw away the hand
Sincerity seems the only sin can never be forgiven
It hides behind your bottled ghosts and jaded apparitions
But, I forge keys you haven’t seen, nor imagined still
You may hold that distance sacred and insist on acts of will
Yet time and pressure will abuse you, distractions will amuse you
You cannot play this game too long, a sentinel can only be so strong
The power of women has always been witchcraft
So they say, so they say, so they say
We dance naked down the deep paths
Come and play, come and play, come and play
At once tangled up and tantalized
Broken down until self-actualized
All you want, all you crave, all you have
Can end in a dream, just like that, just like that
Oh, the clocks all whisper that it’s midnight
But listen to my voice, and then decide
For I am the witch
So they say, so they say
Dancing naked down this deep path
Come and play, come and play
And within this moon’s beam
I offer one kiss or one dream