She

She by Dave Schipper © 2007 Rose Riversongs

She can shift colors
Like a fine Ferrari racer
She can shed lovers
As clothes off a high priced escort

She can melt strangers
With a voice so hot yet tender
She will not linger
In a town known for danger

Panic striken,
she sees only voids
Often remote
with a choice of boys
Drawn and cornered,
she screams to the crowd
“Damn you cheaters”
She roars back so proud.
“You too Promoter”
In a reverb loud
She is now over
In a fatal cloud.

She did shift colors
And crashed like a NASCAR racer
She shed good lovers
As clothes off a cheap hotel hooker

She did melt strangers
With a voice so hot as cinders
She will still linger
In a town known for danger

The laws...

The laws of science paused;
And the power of the motion pictures took over.
A narrow tunnel of silence surrounded her.
It wasn’t the first time to happen, but again
She was oblivious to the repeat event.

The laws of passion caused,
A momentary void, a time continuum rift.
Yes, age old passion makes the mind drift.
What can reel it back in? Absolute fear.
Life changing, yes maybe someone would hear.

The laws of nature unchanged.
The stalker carves out his silent territory
Writes the beginning and end to his story,
Oblivious if he has all the details right.
He’s confident that he needs to stay out of sight.

The laws of love unchallenged.
So he drags himself back into the sunlight
Hiding any wounds from his last fight.
Determined not to fight and lose again
He kept silent and instead picked up his pen.

By Dave Schipper © 2009 Rose Riversongs

Picture credits

Crawl Inside Me

Yes

I’m so low and cold,
The beat of my heart
Is just slow and old.
I quake with shivers.
While numb to the light
I cry ice rivers.

Crawl inside me tonight.
Join me in my spite.
Crawl inside me tonight
Spark my pilot light.

Your hair hid your eyes
With one hand outstretched
You dared me to lie.
Then pounced like a cat
Claws bared, I was scratched
Bleeding and pathetic.

Crawl inside me tonight.
Join me in my spite.
Crawl inside me tonight
Spark my pilot light.

Need me‘til I’m up
I’ll fill your desires
Perfect and non-stop.
It’ll be hot and slow
Sparking my heart beat
With ember’s glow.


Dave Schipper © 2007 Rose Riversongs

Icy Blue Eyes

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By Dave Schipper © 2007 Rose Riversongs

Increase my pulse with your graceful look
And I will not speak, or let on just a bit.
You are the grand prize that I cannot win
Thus to venture near, is a loss that I won’t begin.

Pierce my heart with your icy blue eyes.
I will not shout, nor even think to cry.
Numb to the pain of losing what I don’t own,
My soul is now made rock and ground.

Don’t pity me in my new existence.
I opened my eyes and saw your presence.
You owe no debt for common politeness.
It’s my imagination that made the rest;

That, and your icy blue eyes.

Tinderbox Passion

Delicate balance,

She tried to make it

But this

Tinderbox passion

Kept her near the sparks.

Relations in stress,

Where was the patience?

But then

Tinderbox passion

Could not be kept locked.

Emotions ignite

And spread in fashion

But then

Tinderbox passion

Brings back the hard knocks.

Ash and souls smolder.

Until they are ice cold.

But this

Tinderbox passion

Is kept near the sparks.

And will ignite again.

Dave Zeman (c) 2007 Rose Riversongs

The West Shore

West Shore by Dave Schipper © 2006 Rose Riversongs

The west shore is busy tonight can’t you see

Packed with bodies alive with party

Laughter and sounds of music fill the air

Lost in drunkenness without a care

Ride a lie, Ride a lie Ride a lie 

Ride a lie, Ride a lie Ride a lie

She came from town not knowin’ a thing

Got caught up in love broke her wing

But tonight her arms sail high into the wind

And no second thought of original sin

Ride a lie, Ride a lie Ride a lie 

Ride a lie, Ride a lie Ride a lie

Will the memory fit?

The picture pages fine

Will you just omit?

When you lost your mind

The west shore is busy with lovers tonight

Moving in sand, caught by moonlight

Cries and laughs are music in the air

Lost in drunkenness tomorrow to care

Ride a lie, Ride a lie Ride a lie 

Ride a lie, Ride a lie Ride a lie