LAST CIGARETTE

I like to rhyme, and I love song lyrics. I'm getting down to work with a musician friend, and we'll see if music can even fit around these structures.

In the meantime, here's a new one.  Came to me while I was tossing and turning, and I got the first draft on my iPhone while lying in bed.

Gotta grab 'em when they come.

LAST CIGARETTE

Hey there, sweetheart

walking in the rain

smoking our last cigarette,

there's something you need

and I know what it is,

you just ain't found it yet.

It's as close as your heart

as close as your veins

as close as your bright red blood

and the name in case you forgot it

is l-o-v-e, love.

Now you can look for love

in your high beam lights

you can look most anywhere

you can even look on the internet

maybe you'll find it there.

You can fall to your knees

and kiss the sky

say a prayer like you believe it

but there's nothing out there

but the blue beyond, and only as far

as you see it.

You can toss, you can turn,

roll around in your sleep,

you can throw your arms out wide,

you can shake your blankets,

straighten your sheets,

flip your pillow to the cooler side.

It's right here, baby,

as close as your veins

as close as your bright red blood,

and the name in case you forgot it

is l-o-v-e, love.

So, come back to me, honey,

let your guard down,

you're the best sight I've seen

and I mean it,

you're just as soft

as the night coming down,

won't you let me stand in-between it -

As close as your heart

as close as your veins

as close as your bright red blood

and my name in case you forgot it

is l-o-v-e, love.

top photo - no attribution

bottom Oimax photo used through a CreativeCommons agreement