Love Slave  

Look closer I ask
What do you see
Is it arrogance, beauty or is it me?
Look closer
Perhaps you cannot see
I'm nailed hand and foot to this infernal tree
The tree of life and death
I can't quite get free
I await my fate to come and rescue me
Yet no one can seem to see
Release me I beg, I scream
Yet no one can hear
Occasionally one will come to torment and tease
Still another comes
Do you promise to be and love only for me
If I release you from that infernal tree
Yes, yes if you will only free me
Anything for my release from my infernal tree
Down I come as free as can be
My strength returns and my wings begin to unfurl
Always though before I can flee
It's back nailed and chained to that infernal tree.

© 2006  Joe Blow