Doubletake

“Invest in light bulbs,” say the wise,
“Intuition is but lies.
Hold ‘em steady, make ‘em cry,
That’s the way. You don’t ask, ‘why’?”

But I’ve never liked the dreary.
I feel unsettled, the winds turn eerie.
Make no mistake. I cannot speak
With words that echo beneath your feet.

Pounding on the dead is useless.
The rhyme is broken just in time.
Will you double-take and kiss me?
Will you double-take me with you?

I always choose the dark corners,
The faded labels, the lonely foreigners.
I wonder why empty boots, all alone,
Stand proudly waiting on their own.

Envision snow just fallen fresh;
A perfect world like silky flesh.
A thousand footprints like a gift
To make the world unique, and swift.

Pounding on the dead is useless.
The rhyme is broken just in time.
Will you double-take and kiss me?
Will you double-take me with you?

I got it out. I said it twice.
And now I’ll have to pay the price.
The last thing I’d want to know is
That thing inside my head, although,

If it were me, indeed it is,
Then words or not, the say is his.
The well is split to the very core.
Quench the earth and let it pour.

Pounding on the dead is useless.
The rhyme is broken just in time.
Will you double-take and kiss me?
Will you double-take me with you?

As long as you just turn around…
Join the folly. Shake the ground.
Double-take.
And take me with you.