So Close To Falling

light breaks on the horizon

the ebbing on the flood

finally out of the clutches

pick myself up from mud

the scales fallen from my eyes now

dark clouds pass away

no bitter taste left in my mouth

and i can breathe again

can look myself in the mirror

while shaving you from my face

and i'll not be your victim

i've escaped

all of my senses gave me good warning

every signal flashed alarm -

my mind slept under narcosis

for you seemed so soft and warm

well-schooled to be irresistible

your world's one of constant schemes

the mistress of deft seduction

too devious for me

you tempted me beyond reason

as with relish you played your game

to your rules - double cross, deceit and shame

you toyed with me in many ways

so close to falling

but by the skin of my teeth

at the very last moment

i've escaped you

from your spider's web i'm free

you sucked the air out slowly from my lungs

with each new set of your desperate lies

with kisses you wove your sorcery...

i believed you time after time

filled my vains with a tempestuous madness

loved me till i was dizzy and blind

then froze me out with dispassion

you're poison of a deadly kind -

deliberately you manoeuvred me

as your prey, the net was cast

and for your killer instinct the coup de grace

but that will never come...

so close to...

all your tricks just don't work now

i've learned to stand up staight

i've seen right through your cover just in time -

i won't see you again