Little Black Grape

Come on back little black grape

Initial sparkles of time tried but spluttered out

Heading back home, play this game, try your luck

Wanting to be someplace else with you, where?

Come on crazy wishful thinkers

Clinging onto over hanging ropes

Salty sea, water, fresh free on hopes

Falling into poison wells, down we go

So you knew the time had come

So you broke my imaginary gun

So you finish trapping all that can be taken

So it was what I knew all along

This pillow has an imprint

But was not made by my mind

And now the canvas is clear make sure the meaning is here

These darker days and darker nights

Are holding this little black grape

Two cascading tears from your sun bleached cheek

Your little black dress seems whiter than light

So you told me to be different

So you told me to be kind

So you told us to resent

So you give me one more time

And it’s fluxed into oblivion

This is just about time

This has taken long enough

That ticking clock has no rhyme

I love you

Love you tonight

Am I right in my mind?

Stephen 'Kokanez' Caines

05/08/2008