I Shall Call You "Patience"

Your eyes they tell a story

love lost and broken hearts

yet your words tend to digress

and dilute the painful parts

you never let another see

the safe-room in your soul

and even one that had the key

just couldn't find the hole

I've watched you and I've listened

as they sneak around your door

your eyes they always glistened

as they fell upon the floor

I've danced upon the edge

of that precipice as well

and yet I choose to stand

and beside you I still dwell

I won't be taken by the lust

or the yearning for your body

to me you're much too smart for that

and more than just some hottie

you're a spitfire with intelligence

and those who try are doomed

nary a one ever had a chance

their mistake was they assumed

that your beauty overcame your wit

and they'd have a chance at winning

they had no idea of your intent

to torture them and keep grinning

and you don't ever give in

when temptations do abound

and no matter what the quandary

you always stand your ground

You're a force that I look up to

and I just have to smile

as you dance around such danger

with giddiness of a child

but I can see the inside

the part you think is closed

not a single person enters

in that room, no one goes

you'll argue to the death

of the emptiness in you

but I know that someday

you'll want to share that view

whoever gets to see it

had better be for real

or I know beyond a doubt

he'll be your next meal

So I watch and listen quietly

and enjoy the little games

I won't be one of those

you torture, beat, and maim

I'll stand beside you faithfully

and stay your lifelong friend

and if you ever let me in

i'll be in there till the end.

[She's definitely a force to be reckoned with. Ask around.]