Love Is You Wearing War Paint Poem by Mark Heathcote

Love is you wearing war paint
Is your mascara running or is it waterproof
Is your heart & soul fireproof?
Since the colour of our flame, turned opaque
It's been harder to arbitrate
It's been harder to elucidate
It's been harder to come together
And thereafter remain bulletproof.

Love is you wearing camouflage
It's no longer summer everything's in dark contrast
Autumn & winter are in mortal combat
Maps and isobars are changing our hearts
Oh, the world is frozen, waiting
Springs yellow & gold dynamite
Love if you are wearing your heart inside-out
There must be an entourage of broken hearts.

Love is you wearing war paint
Love is you wearing camouflage
I can no longer find or see a way inside.
It's no longer summer everything's in dark contrast
Love is you wearing war paint
Love is you wearing camouflage
Since the colour of our flame, turned opaque
There are just teargas explosions all around