30 lives

You go to talk but your mouth is to dry but there isn’t any water left because all the wells in Africa are empty

And instead of sending water we keep sending them soccer balls but they just give the fedex man confused looks cause it is so much better to kick around their fathers

It gives the game a little more worth when there is a life on the line

Just like the diamond that you are so impressed with

It is fourteen karats but the truth is that the worth is 30 lives

It shines red with the blood spilt on it

But you can only see that it represents your love

And the day drags on your fiancé goes to work and fucks his secretary

But it’s ok cause your ring is worth thirty lives

I mean its 14 karats

I mean he still loves you it was just a mistake

I guess I got confused cause I believed that love was

A girl that held your heart cupped in her hand

And your trust tied to her belt loop

But maybe I am wrong and you shouldn’t worry cause your fiancé is just a tool

You are so much better than that flight attendant you caught him with

And like they say there are plenty of other fish in the sea

But I don’t want a fish unless is fried broiled or boiled

And I just don’t understand keeping one as a pet cause my fish kept stealing my dreams

And they would jump from the tank believing that there was just another ocean out there

I guess I just am confused again

Cause I thought we were talking about love

When did animals come into it

Unless your talking about that raw passion

If so I have to ruin your hopes cause that attraction is just caused by the divining rod in between our legs

And if you want something worth more you have to work hard for it

You have to be attracted by the mind and soul

Rather than that shiny necklace he bought you last week

Or that salmon diner he paid for

Cause true love is found by shoveling down soggy mac and cheese

And strong soup because he forgot to add the water again

But the best things have to come un diluted

They are the things that come on too strong that you can’t quiet understand the first time or second or third and it keeps you coming back

It leaves you breathless taking away the very air from your lips

Igniting an addiction with just a kiss

Allowing you merely a taste of understanding rather than just allowing you to understand

Wake up in twenty years and tell me if that ring was worth it

Please tell me who is the bigger whore your husbands latest mistress or you

Because I honestly don’t know

But its ok cause that ring your wearing is worth thirty lives

I mean sorry again I got distracted

I was looking at the girl that still has my heart cupped in her hands

And my trust tied to her belt loop

Stop

Don’t say anything cause I can’t understand you

Because I just can’t value any rings or string or kings

Or any of those ings cause I value love