Danger

Dear Danger, 

How have you been?

It seems our paths have crossed again.

A different time, a different form.

It’s weird, you're changing from cold to warm.

In the past we’ve met and gone

And in in the past the same old song.

Terrified beyond belief

A feeling to which there’s no relief.

But now you come the way you do,

So suddenly and out of the blue.

You hold me close and feel so right,

A thought that keeps me up at night.

You’ve changed, my friend, you’ve changed a lot,

From distant and cold to close and hot.

A side of you I’ve never seen,

Now the king and I your queen.

This brand of you almost scares me more,

Leaving my heart and soul so sore.

But when you leave it hurts the most,

I’ve befriended you, I like to boast.

A friend in Danger, a safety of sorts,

I hope your image no longer contorts

To oceans and sharks

Or the things in the dark.

But stay just like this, in the mask that you wear

Your deep brown eyes and your sweeping brown hair.

Stay just like this, just at my side,

Don’t leave me alone, don’t run and hide.

Don’t get me wrong you scare me to death,

Every word and every breath.

The danger, Danger, in your newest design

Is that you are fair, beautiful, benign.

What changed you so much, is it still really you?

To want you this much has been so taboo.

But I want you and need you like people need air.

I remember you, Danger, when you’re not there.

I remember just why you picked this new pose,

What hurts even more is it’s a danger I chose.

I knew the risks I knew the rewards,

But the risks are all blades, cutting sharp swords.

Danger, you’re cunning, more than you know,

For this class of you leaves fear dark and low.

Every once in awhile it grows from within,

Don’t know where it ends or where it begins.

It’s all consuming, and drives me to cry

But I run to you and all the tears dry.

Your reassurance makes me question your name,

The more that I think the less it’s the same.

The letters have changed, unassuming now,

But I know you are in there, someway, somehow.

You can’t fool me Danger, I know you are near.

A sweet, low voice, a tone in my ear.

I see you now, original and strange,

Just in my reach, yet just out of range.

Your pseudonym unassuming and kind,

But Danger, you’re waiting to strike from behind.

When people see Love they don’t see you,

They see something beautiful, powerful, new.

But the fear that they feel may warn them of this,

That Danger is waiting and lulls with a kiss.

Danger, you left me, you tricked me, you cheat!

The words “I’m so sorry” the whip that you beat.

Just like that, Love turned off like a tap,

The weight of my own threatens to snap.

I trusted you, Danger, with all of my heart,

Then you ripped it, crushed it, and tore it apart.

The new form you take is a bitter-sweet pill,

A pill to make the world stand still.

The high is a high that stays clear in your mind,

The fall shows that feeling was left far behind.

So, Danger, I curse you and thank you now,

For two moments in time that changed how I vow.

Danger, I hope that you read this note,

And see the beautiful thing that you broke.

My brain applauds the skill you displayed,

My heart is still something for you to persuade.

Danger’s definition: possibility of harm,

You did it with Love, and it worked like a charm.

So with this I leave you and hope you stay far,

Though my heart beckons you, please stay where you are.