Poem: Drowning a Demon

Another boring day

What is that? I hear you say

The problem in my eyes

A messed-up compromise

But can I still get out alive

To find some paradise?

One more drop

I know I’ve got to stop

I’ve been hanging on too long

Just trying to find this song

One more drop

Just a tortured soul

I’m buried in a hole

Needing another drink

To let my conscience think

But can I still get out alive

To find some paradise?

One more drop

I know I’ve got to stop

I’ve been hanging on too long

Just trying to find this song

One more drop

Long lost friends

Where does it end?

They were all so loyal at first

But I had to quench my thirst

But can I still get out alive

To find some paradise?

One more drop

I know I’ve got to stop

I’ve been hanging on too long

Just trying to find this song

One more drop

One last drink

Who knows what to think?

My life is a ruined climb

The descent is so sublime

But can I still get out alive

To find some paradise?

One more drop

I know I’ve got to stop

I’ve been hanging on too long

Just trying to find this song

One more drop

It doesn’t matter anymore

Lying in a heap upon the floor

Memories spin and fade

Into the oblivion I have made

I can still get out alive

My own life is paradise

Poem: Life is a Short Movie

Looking back on a winter’s day

Life’s movie seems so short

Grey flannelled memories dance and sway

Snapshots of the past cannot be bought

The rain runs rivers down the window

Life’s movie seems so short

Dark forest horrors still move too slow

Like a running deer pursued for sport

Ladies came and lovers went

Life’s movie seems so short

The cancer cure was crooked and bent

And love’s sad death the cruellest sport

The children of men have now all gone

Life’s movie seems so short

Lost in a haze of another false song

With ageless hope the last resort

The world is old, the world is grey

Life’s movie seems so short

Lessons of life can’t be learned in a day

So I sit and let the image distort