Woebegone

Across the oceans, vast and blue
I’ll never find a one like you
Pearly smile, sweet caress
Without your touch, I’ll have no rest

The light it plays across my face
Flicker, flicker, god’s good grace
Here I’m not so much alone
In this dark place, I find my home

You’re there in every frame you know
Every glimmer, mirrored glow
Cast your cruel and careless spell
Make my life a fetal hell

You huff and puff and blow me over
And lay me flat, no four leaf clover
But I’ll rise up and haunt your dreams
I’ll lick your plate, I’ll lick it clean

It doesn’t matter what I do
I’ve got a hole now, running through
Like a flicker in the dark
To start a fire, just need a spark