In Search Of...

And odd series of thought came together and this is the result

I told a stripper my life story
I told her everything there was to tell of me
And I asked her to tell me what was to be
Tell me something about myself that I could not see
Show me more of my world

Of all the girls in this place I picked her
She had eyes that shimmered like the bluest sea
And a look that reminded me of the girls I've longed for
A smile of all those I've always wanted
I didn't know why I was doing this
But something compelled me, something makes this feel right

She told me that the world is only as real as you want it to be
She said "I am the great pretender, I am the living fantasy
Come closer and forget your world and everything
I'm the vision of all you want but cannot have
I am your lost bliss and serenity"
How wise and right she was, she knew I was searching

Drained and longing for something more than this
I am entranced by this tease and temptation
I beg her to hear my calls, can she be the one to save me
In desperation I stare into her eyes
She smiles back and tells me
"My dear you are lost in a dreamer's fantasy
I offer no salvation, only temporary esteem and comfort
In this place you only matter for a moment of time
All I can do is make you forget that time is passing”

I don't know why I was even there
She didn't even seem to care about what I needed to see
I don't know why I even tried to get her to understand me
I guess I just needed a friend, I needed someone to believe
I needed those things that never seem to come to me