Oh Houdini,

You're quite the escape artist,

Slipping away as soon as I arrive.

You live off being needed,

For your help they all have pleaded,

But when we need an open heart from you,

You run away and hide.

 

Unwound, for a moment, from these acrobatics,

You'll steer this ship til the break of dawn,

Then you fly to the sky in desperate contortions,

When I'm looking for you, you’re already gone.