Pursuit of the Skin

False promises falling from the sky

Not much reason for trust between you and I

Not the day of honesty but the day of the sly

What am I, just a bewildered guy?

Living alone against my will

Frankly, not a lot of thrills

Lamenting over all those past spills

They’re dying left and right from the pills,

Just trying to find an illusion I can slip into

The color of the ocean will always remain blue

Putting the past behind me because of you

Replacing lost love not like shopping for someone new,

Sorry if I don’t enjoy the view

Perhaps it’s something I’m just not accustomed to

Living a life that’s been rendered askew

Rejection is what you can expect right on cue,

To look in the mirror and smile

Without feeling like you’re in exile

Like scrolling through all the fake profiles

And you wonder why I’m a cynic in denial,

God made woman your companion

Yet, there’s this communication canyon

She prefers her crystalline mansion

Between the two no room for expansion,

An illusion I can melt within

Seeing the truth seems such a sin

With so many mesmerized and taken in

The soul crushing pursuit of the skin.