Rubato

Time was when pleasure drew your interest the plea of deep viridian disarmed me caught me like a thunderbolt of trouble piercing my clever demeanor without a trace of suspicion utterly exposed fighting the madness and me with no cushion against the shock of love but it wasn't enough never enough to quench the longing endless buckets and barrels could not fill the chasm that had to be traversed perhaps I should have protested the crime