Love Poem: Irony Waters

Irony Waters

The corridor to her heart
     Was lined by shelves with dusty books

The walls were adorned with a myriad of portraits
     For whom all had haunting looks

Upon first entering there was ample room
     One could turn around to run
And now it is as though I'm a bullet chambered in a gun

Bleeding through my armor plated chest its clear to me
     There's no such thing as manifest destiny

In the hallway of my life I stand before
     The last door at the end
To petrified to knock, much less let myself in

The open palms of want were turned upside down
      As offerings were thrown upon uneven ground

Isn't it funny how quick things change
      When what we want gets re-arranged 

Sides chosen for their beauty can turn ugly by time
      And the air just gets thinner the higher up that we climb

In a bed of tragedy wicked thoughts are spawned
      As one lover drowns the other in a heart shaped pond

Investigators send samples of the water to a lab to be tested
      Where there is a man in a white coat who has nothing invested

The results are rich in iron and high in agony
       A crown of thorns laced with bitter irony