This one's for Simone Simon

There is a pair of eyes behind your eyes
  That slyly beckons me when you’re not looking.
There is a smile that hints of paradise
  Behind those lips that speak of clothes and cooking.
There is a tiger in you, wild and sleek,
  A beast who purrs and smiles each time you pout.
What will it take to let me have a peek?
  What will it take to get her to come out?
A tender kiss?  A drink?  What can I do?
  What tinder will enflame that inner fire?
Must I be beastly so the beast in you
  Can growl and give us both what we desire?
     Oh set her free, if only for a breath,
     And let her claw me to the point of death.

Copyright 2010 Matthew J Wells