Bernard Barclay Poet Narrative

I Don't Want Those Memories

We fight, I'm tired of the memories it makes
the constant drain of loves desire 
drugs addictions cigarettes
their money wasted on games 

On Games I do not play
the constant play on empathy
we need help our cupboards are empty
addictions keep the cupboards empty

We need help 
Our dog is sick 
can you pay the vet bill
I can't pay for everybody's problems 

We tried to fill their cupboards up with food
that just meant more money spent 
on addictions 
can you buy me another crate of Beer

I don't want to hear about your addictions 
I don't want to have memories of your suffering 
I want a mind full of happiness and play
you're broke because you don't budget 

you're broke because addictions come first 
you lose your kid's because you don't care enough
the money for addictions is more important
than the food for your children 

I don't do the drugs 
I don't do the alcohol 
I don't do the cigarettes any more 
you create your problems and then ask 

for me to pay
I don't want those memories 
I want memories of happiness and play 
instead of doom and gloom each day 

arguing fighting demanding of each other 
that life creates a memory of hate 
children not being feed by parents 
because parents need their money for drugs

Grandparents stepping in to take the kids
memories I do not want to know 
I don't have those memories of self
I do not have those addictions 

I worked hard through every day
people climbed the ladder of success
training learning how to do better 
the work place held a different type of thought

Respect for work accomplished well
respect for people on the climb 
I looked around with memories of joy
time has changed the play of my employ 

The people that I see are unemployed 
the people on the streets are freezing cold
with placards asking more from life untold
I don't know their story what happened and how

The unemployed did not create unemployment
these are not the memories I want 
of suffering and pain upon the streets 
yet family have wasted life away 

addictions are the games that people play
empathy the card they twist so well
broken hearts are left upon the road 
the world say's we are all responsible

For our own happiness 
Happiness comes from within
I don't do drugs I don't have debt 
but happiness is also created 

by the lives of the people around you
if you live in a play where people are studying 
building careers with a positive attitude
that also creates a positive attitude 

people around you also need to live life well

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