Sober At the Speakeasy Part 1
"Table for one sir?..."
Here I am
A little bit older
A little bit wiser
I've been tested
Pushed to the limit to the brink
of insanity where I dip my “I” when I think
(my mind thinks even more when I sleep
never letting a plausible concept deteriorate in the sink)
But whether I was high or low or
it was fast-times or slow-times
In the Lord is where my faith is forever vested
And that’s where it will forever reside in my mind.
Yes I've been blessed since I was a little kid
Patience forever tried
Whether it’s outside or inside the classroom
I embrace mental stimulation
While trying to minimize any of my many frustrations
I try to cleanse myself of crap thereby avoiding constipation…
But man oh man people make it hard.
I don’t use that as an excuse
Rather factual resuscitation
What strikes me off guard is my true heart’s abuse
Or my thoughts or words misinterpretation.
Lord knows I hate that and for it I have no use.
Personal passions are personified in every word I ever scorn
I birth it as I deem fit, there’s no need for it to ever be reborn.
Clarifications a plenty, the meaning of it all I keep it in me
No chains and no restrictions I let my mind speak freely.
"Yes please."
"Right this way sir..."
Copyright © Dominique Johnson | Year Posted 2014
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