A Cheryl's Pals Collab by Margie

                                                   I Don't Want to Know

Always able to see some people's future
I never considered that a curse
I don't live in dark, evil shadows
So let ignorant people think the worst

But when my eyes met yours, I saw my own
A change is coming and it will be soon
I knew right from the very start
Our futures intertwined filled mine with gloom

You're unable to break free of your playboy life
A wayward heart roaming, leaving a trail of tears
No longer the hunter, now I'm the prey
I see happiness fading with every year

You will always be one heartbeat away
From leaving me and going away
Too painful to look outward to all those years
I wish I knew nothing at  all

Looking for love, finding trouble
Tell me you're capable of more than lust
I'll believe you, you'll hold my trust
A lifetime of true love, if the gods are just

Will the love remain after passion's fire?
O will it die in marriage's boring mire?
Is this really such a huge mistake?
How can it be, if preordained by fate?

Bewildered, besotted, unsure of you
I start to travel to unknown lands
Trying to escape what I can't face
My rebelling heart trying to take a stand

The sky grows black as my spirit departs
Looking for a way out of future pain
Out of body awakening, searching for answers
Knowing this in not a game

Will you lie easy with me over the years
Or will you always feel trapped?
My defenses fall as my love unfolds
Can't fight a love already mapped

A clue to my impending demise
A dancing gleam in your eyes, a kiss, a sweet surprise
Your touch makes me bold, your love makes me whole
You're forever mine, to have and to hold

You purse your lips and blow a kiss
That shimmers my world with a rosey mist

You're a raging fire in my veins
I must have you, no matter the cost
Searing my blood, igniting desire
I'm irredeemably lost

Craddled deep in your warm embrace
Is a thing of dreams and I dare not wake
In the lonely stillness of a later dawn
I know I'll feel my heart break

But I'll live my life with no regrets
Hello to you and good-bye my heart
Cherish the gift of your love until it's gone
And fate deems we have to part

Forever and ever, Amen

Thanks to doomed lover Pals:  Lady 'Cheryl', butterfly, Linda, wadjalicious, Sevenamagenta, Colleen, Joskibear, J, The Chairman, Mikey, Michelle K, Barbara, Sheila A, Lady Seda, Ev, Cherry rose, Demme, Vivi