I offer up my heart
On a plate of thorns
My life was never easy
Dead when I was born
Can I tame the tiger?
Make her mine and mine alone?
Bind her heart to mine
Tamed but never owned
Walk the path of blades
Near the precipace
I fall into the tigers den
She's what I can't resist
I stare into her eyes
Can't deny my destiny
She stares into my heart
Easing my insanity
Part of me can't trust her
Knowing she's not tame
Then I taste her lips
And that eases all the pain

all text Copyright Cary Preston Richards, 1999