Innuendo
INNUENDO
Innuendo came calling one Friday afternoon
As it waited by the side too long and needed to act soon
I was caught between thoughts pushed to the back of my head and a face
To face encounter
From which I tried to escape by changing the subject, but I stopped and floundered.
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But everywhere that I turned after that
There you were reminding me of where we sat
Talking of life and the paths we have to take
No messing about or jousting for fakes.
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For two days I wept in a row
As innuendo crept silently and calmed my soul
My need for escape overwhelming and deep
As feelings poured out of my heart and started to seep.
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Into my bloodstream and beyond
As I tried not to think about it for a second
But then when I listened and started to search
There you were innuendo resting on your perch.
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That evening I was very aware
As innuendo stooped low and watched the pair
One avoiding, the other staring completely
Unaware that innuendo was nearby absorbing so neatly.
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Innuendo speaks to me in such a sly way
That my eyebrows are raised almost everyday
I shake my head in humour and laugh
And try to decipher the words in my mind and in half.
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Thank you innuendo from whence you came
For without your help, I could never be the same
As I was, on the outskirts of a dark cloud
Keeping away from the knowledge of which I’ve been given and now I’m so proud.
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As I have grown in character and time
I’m now hanging innuendo out on the line
Of experience, love and story building
Trying to reassure my restless soul that its not about wielding.
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Have you been sent to smooth the path
Of this extremely hard and tiring task?
Or to gently chide me in the right direction
Of unadulterated love and heartfelt affection.?
12+13/6/04.
Liz Chukwu®
