Trap (Notevember 2020, #18)

By Jonathan R
art by Chris Lundin Johansson

Lyrics:

Something soft in the center
Something sweet, like a chocolate praline?
Something quite accidental
How exciting is something unseen!

Just for me to unlatch it?
Just for me to unravel this gift
Just for free? And the catch is?
Stick a key in, twist it and lift

Lips of a lover
Can cover both tongue and teeth
One or the other
Discover what’s lurking beneath

Maybe trash, maybe treasure
I don’t know, but I hope for the best
Maybe pain, maybe pleasure
So excited when I see a chest

Riches or bait
Don’t know which; it’s the wait I can’t bear
So tantalizing a prize
That I won’t have a care
I’ll just reach in there and…