Cruel Mistress

from Sketchbook by Zackery StarHeartMoon

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can't get a handle on this girl
she'll wax like the moon
bend you over the knee with a wooden spoon
don't take a thing for granted
she'll show you as the fool
she's a cruel mistress or she's a good girl
open her arms to hold you or deny you all the world
there's no mistaking her kindness
there's no mistaking her price
but when she smiles it's like the sky just opened wide
then you fall and it's like she's eating you alive
the spring winds bring her though she's always there
you can catch her sent upon the air
blue skies and sunshine until a storm blows into town
then you can find no shelter you can find no relief
and you start to question your own beliefs
but there's another side to your seductive mind
the risks we take do not compare
to the games they play inside my head
she's a cruel mistress and she's a good girl
open her arms to hold you and show you all the world
and there's a softer side
you see it every time

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from Sketchbook, released June 8, 2011

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