turning out of bed with bright eyes
yellow starlight
fighting for a ghost of clarity
that slowly comes to me
throwing on a shirt and jeans
and a look of innocence
red skies and gasoline
in the radiance
wearing out a stretch of concrete
with a racing heartbeat
trading in my years for hours
with the gods and cowards
somewhere at the end of it
where the road becomes a fence
she points into the infinite
into the radiance
and she says
don’t be fooled
don’t be fooled
don’t be fooled
by the real thing
out of sight and mind she chooses
for her scars and bruises
hidden like a pack of fireworks
with sparkling fuses
a citadel of razor wire
i’m a captive audience
i see the searchlights and forest fires
in the radiance
and she says
wait, wait there it is
don’t be fooled
don’t be fooled
don’t be fooled
by the real thing
it’s true, it’s true i believe too easily
don’t be fooled
don’t be fooled
don’t be fooled
by the real thing