Ace

Let’s play a game

And call me by my name

Try to tell me who I am

While I already know

What I mean to them

to you

to me

Wrap me up in those chains

You call love and hate me,

divide me, divorce me, despise me, adore me

As I know what you’re thinking, wishing, fishing, feeling

There’s no reason to keep hiding your colors

No, come on now, tell me

or forever hold your peace

because I do not regret a word I’ve said with ease

And like promised

I’ll forget you with passion

and transform your skin into fashion

Your red into gold

Into something bold

That attracts all the stars, planets and more

Until you kiss and adore

The ground that I walk on

Hubris before the fall

But trust the fall is my friend

And again you can’t hide

from the devil within

that’s holding its grip

on your tongue, mouth and lip

Now, come on, tell me

Because my ears are blocked

And my eyes are closed

As the blind lead the blind

all in the Name of being kind

A look in the mirror

to make it tremor

With the fear of being seen

for the very first time

Now, tell me

Do you look back? Beyond or above?

Scream ‘the one you call love’

Because I see you trembling

You’re on the hook

Let me pull you up

And open the book

of ‘the one with a Name’