DUCKING OUT OF DANGER

Oh, shit,
here come the words.
Here come the words
he thinks he owes me.
The words he thinks
will serve to soothe me.

I can turn and run
or just hide my head,
as long as those words
never reach me again.

It’s been a long life
of ducking out of danger,
keeping one step ahead
of the foolish concept of love.

Oh, shit,
he’s using the words,
abusing the words,
he thinks it’ll stall me
in my tracks.
Thinks that he’ll keep me
in his sight.

I don’t have to run,
I can laugh back in his face.
The laughter’s my shield
and he’ll never get through.
It’s my turn
to be the aggressor, boy,
and I don’t need your senseless
views on the world.

It’s been a long life
of ducking out of danger,
keeping one step ahead
of the foolish concept of love.