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| photo by Fee Easton |
Rode up on your white horse
I was face down in the mud
Said, "Hey, man, wanna buy a girl a drink?"
Offered me your gloved hand
Fixed me up real nice
Asked me to come home with you
I didn't think twice
I wanted a Prince Charming
But I got you instead
I got Prince Morphine
Sleeping in my bed
Asked for a dozen roses
You tucked a poppy behind my ear
You sing me lullabies until my passion's doused
Your sheets are real soft
But your love makes me itch
I don't feel the pain no more
But I don't feel shit
I wanted a Prince Charming
But I got you instead
I sleep with Prince Morphine
I feel like I'm dead
submitted for One Shoot Sunday at One Stop Poetry
photo prompt by the remarkable Fee Easton
12 comments:
"Your sheets are real soft
But your love makes me itch
I don't feel the pain no more
But I don't feel shit"
Wow! Your lines can be taken a few ways, including a humorous slant along with a sad state of affairs. A well crafted statement on relationships with excellent use of metaphor.
I don't know this particular Prince personally, but i do know how hard it is to beat an addiction. Oh, the casual way we invite them in, only to discover they are the devil to kick out.
Wow!
Very good, very dark.
I can relate to this...
Wow, Lola. Painful, in a way. The relationship with drugs is laced with disappointment and sadness. Skillful rendering of the prompt.
Wow deep and raw!
your love makes me itch...yikes...maybe prince poison ivy...i dont feel shit...says much...
Whoa! Troubled - and tough!
poor girl!!
your prince morphin sounds like my cat. he is always sleeping.
Been there--you've got it down. Oblivion is sooo seductive. Seduction is sooo oblivious.
intense and powerful. such and interesting take on the photo.
Potent and blunt. You are such a good rhymer.
That is also such a great title. Titles can be tough.
"Fixed me up real nice
I didn't think twice
...sleeping in my bed
I feel like I'm dead."
numbness and guilt intertwined so well and with so many possible subjects,
" gloved hand"-well worded.
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