Into the Drink Can I Bum a Cigarette
Not enough
or
to many drinks
and
to many cigarettes
For so many demons to exorcise
With only 1 set of lungs
And only 1 liver
To leech the poison
from my past
Until i ever so succinctly countless times recite
this prayer of which i dream
Before my eye's close and will is broken
and i eventually pass out
If i die before i wake
I wish the lord my soul to take
But why again would he ?
If he has forsaken such in this life so far ?
Only to awake to dawn approaching
Freshly drenched with rain falling from
a cold and grey unwelcoming sky
Towing today's nightmare right behind it
express delivery
For i to think when the clouds and
mist lift and clarity fleeting returns for
a matter of seconds
I did this to me no 1 else but on which
myself to place blame
This is 1 of life's travestys not a shame
Surely there is a family or some poor
soul out there far more deserving or
would put to use the internal organs
i am killing slowly to hide my pain
But hey that's life i suppose ?
We only value it when it's confirmed our
time itself is running out
Then i suppose we all inauspiciously
start to care and profess we will miss everything
So i suppose at the end of the day regarding said death
the only question left worthy of asking is this ?
Where i go to when i did do they have or must
i bring my own Booze & Cigarettes ????
Copyright © Christopher Flaherty | Year Posted 2020
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