Clint Avery

Keep Your Heart Steady

It was once a pipe dream,
surely enough she exploded.

Pulled the trigger again and again,
reloaded.

Verbal war tactics smoked
down the barrel of her gun,
she had hard core habits;
red hot like the sun.

He lit up a J with a J;
they both burn.

Green and girls,
they’ll make your head turn
around like Medusa;
eyes can change a man to stone,
harden his heart like rock,
leave it
alone.

Covered with spider webs,
filthy bugs from the dirt
he’s been trying to stay
away from death
since the day of his birth.

Losing life by the second,
his time is of pure essence,
you can feel it there with him,
standing in his presence.

A brave man who took a shot at
love and missed,
didn’t practice enough,
couldn’t keep a kiss.

He left in the end,
crumbling as he passed through the door;
a man again,
yet he felt for love
no more.

…………………………………………………

See,their words didn’t fit,
no,
no puzzle.

Arguments about better wit,
no,
no muzzle.

See looks can kill,
kill,
if you’re not ready.

So shoot to thrill,
thrill,
keep your heart steady.