Paradox of Dual Souls

Why do bad things always happen

When it's happiness I sought

The shine of a fancy lover

Got my attention and I was cought

A battle raged on for years

Happening inside my brain

The almighty human power

Capable of so much pain

To fool oneself is one thing

To believe it quite another

I'd drown my feelings in alcohol

Intoxication became my lover

With this warped way of thinking

And so it became my life

The only one who cared for me

Was my sweet little wife

She stuck with me all the way

Most bad times some good

I vowed to quit the drinking

Though I knew I never could

Then one day something happened

Fell into place and clicked

I learned it was my mind

That I myself had tricked

The paradox of dual souls

Is what was wrong with me

At last I've found the chains

Once I break them I'll be free
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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