When The Bite Follows Kiss

the outsider
waiting like a snake
to take over
and change your world
the outsider
overrules the hearts
of the steadfast
and tears them apart
who do you love?
who do you trust
who really matters?
when the outsider changes the game
voices changing
from afar
comes to make
their own way with others
comes to take
what they had before
and make it like
their own parlour

sweetness and smiles
soft tender light
hard to see
when the bark turns to bite
i just leave
when the bark turns to bite
sweetness and smiles
soft tenderness
hard to feel
when the bite follows kiss
i just leave
when the bite follows kiss

(2009 db michel)