Alcoholic

She hates me because I drink too much My eccentric idiosyncrasies that leads me a stray My wild ways That makes the onlooker a prey I am only a victim of my own destiny She hates me because I am not the man That she expects A type of man the world will reject A man who falls in the gutter Who will respect But in my mind I know why I am an alcoholic Problems I encounter each day make me diabolic A good man between the Devil and the deep sea I will damn the consequences because what will be Will be And though we share the same lakes and common rivers The approach to life is different True freedom comes only with death When you breathe no more And worry about what will happen yet Nobody is rich Nobody is poor My life is hazardous Like a marine’s duty tour Nobody is a prince Because we all rise from the floor Listen to the words that I speak If you seek humility You will rise to the peak For in a man’s construction Lies a divine design The fulfillment of life Which no one can define?