Dazzled - Curious

It must have been the gloomy lights

That I couldn’t see

What was beyond this confusion

The second face

So carefully hidden

Under a glance of shy embarrassment

It must have been the curls of smoke

That I couldn’t notice

What was beyond this masquerade

The ordinary coward

So perfectly hidden

Under the excuse of pure reserve

Does some demonic inner force drive you

Or what’s your motivation for this?

Just a load of empty talk

And I was again too dazzled to reveal

You are neither shy nor reserved

You just don’t want me

It must have been the effect of the rum

That I couldn’t feel

What was beyond your named intention

I should impose a curfew on myself

To prevent that I fall in love with every fool

Who crosses my way

It must have been culpable negligence

That I could believe

That you might be different

Actually I shouldn’t moan

You are not in the least worth mentioning

I don’t know you at all.

Does some demonic inner force drive me

Or is it just ingenuousness

That I am the victim of deceptions time and again?

I’m always too dazzled to reveal,

Too dazzled to foresee

Too dazzled to learn

Nothing is what it seems.