world can never know

they've known each other
since the elementary school yard

they weren't really there,
except for maybe
recess
lunch
and
detention
 
she ran the show
and fought hard to win his soul
...but he just simply
let
it
go
...somewhere back
near
the start

now you would think...
in the home
of
the
religious
that a rule or two
maybe three
would be the norm

it struck us all as odd,
that they really held to that thing called
faith... all the while...
speaking of the blunts
beers
fears
tears
...living in high gear,
filled with hate

so many stories
but I was of the few,
that
didn't care
to listen to all their drool

stories...
of
him
and her
her
and of him

both professing...
"you should all be so lucky...
to have earned the right,
to sit beside us both,
all
through
the night"

so this couple...
living a life contrary
to what
"I"
have filled into their blanks...
thinking...
it's my life...
the one to behold!
 
but it is he
that
is
in LOVE
and she
that is
in CONTROL
 
turning to each other
they laugh
and shine
like the
like the world can never know