The rain lost its sound

The deluge washed my breath away

How many times will we go around

You’re headed out west and me, I’m eastbound

Too late for either of us to stay

Your chasing dreams and I’m lost in the background

Yeah, I’m lost inside my mind

Wondering how we can put things right

I remember nights we’d kick back, laugh and unwind

Now I remember all the ways you’ve been unkind

How did we get to a place where we always fight

They say love is blind, they say love is reassigned

It was a Red Ribbon Romance, red ribbon romance

You became my poetry and I was your muse

All poppy petals, cool against my skin

Lost in your eyes, lost in that trance

We rewrote those old rhythm and blues

Who knew we were playing on crooked avenues

I should warn the stars not to shine

Because this world’s gone dark

I’m as bitter as your desert wine

But don’t worry honey, I’ll be just fine

You stole my fire but I’ve still got my spark

I’ll set the sky on fire and make the stars realign

It was a red ribbon romance, red ribbon romance

You became my poetry and I was your muse

All poppy petals, cool against my skin

Lost in your eyes, lost in that trance

We rewrote those rhythm and blues

Who knew we were playing on crooked avenues

Once bitten, twice shy

You were my everything

Now I’ve tossed that ring

I’m a philosopher, I dream

You are the reason I have wings

It was a red ribbon romance, red ribbon romance

You became my poetry and I was your muse

All poppy petals, cool against my skin

Lost in your eyes, lost in that trance

We rewrote those rhythm and blues

Who knew we were playing on crooked avenues

I’m done paying my dues

done paying dues

Image by Peter Dargatz from Pixabay

Prompts: Lyric Ideas, AugustFalls22, SeptemberFalls22, #wordsofglass, #fromoneline, #turningthephrase