Get a grip, don’t resist, read my lips*

lose yourself, swing those hips

 

We’ll go gently, brightly away

give us just a little privacy

friends think it’s crazy.

 

Getting closer, a little at stake

off the shoreline, on the lake

 

I read your lips, see

lucky you wanna be

 

What if you have nothing to say?

get a grip, no resisting, not reading lips

 

Coming closer, little more at stake

taking a trip, a mini break

risky fingers, smooth touch, ache

 

Read my lips, love’s chance we take

but love’s now deaf, we cannot make.

 

– Sandra Johnson, June 25, 2022

 

*Credit: Chorus of Duran Duran’s Read my Lips