Inheriting Yourself
You're too far gone for me to step in
It would be an invasion of your self-inflicted fate
the soiling of my time.
On your 39th last try you've drained the system
A freight train off rail
into the solar plexus of civilization.
You've managed to turn the iridescence of
love -loyalty and friendship
into the Opaqueness of deception and decadence
Here you are, a light year beyond your prime.
Your angelic looks once gave you safe haven
now you're out of charisma and good face
a dark fathom below wasted
scrounging for dimes.
Pound-pound away on the barricaded door if you must
the haven has overgrown with briar and thorn
You've inherited nothing but your soiled self.
Copyright © Anthony Biaanco | Year Posted 2025
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