The Road Out of Hell
The Road Out of Hell
Went to see the Priest one Fall Saturday
Time to rejoin the Church...Live the Christian way
Father shocked me when he said my Mother was going to die
I wanted to cry
Deep down I wanted to hit him
For telling me my future was grim
His advice to me was find a wife
Start your own life
Stop hanging on to your Mom
Stop fighting with you Brother Tom
I left not liking what he had to say
His hard words made me stray
Well Father was right
Mom died one cold February night
I decided then it was God I would fight
Darkness falls...Absence of Light
I soon learned fighting with the Creator is a sin
So I stopped my fight and turned to Gin
The more I drank
The lower I sank
Depression and Drink put you on the Road to Hell
Sad to say you may even hear your own Death Bell
Somehow I stopped drinking and started writing
The more I wrote the less I felt like fighting
It took a long time
But I learned how to write lines that rhymed
And I thank God for lifting my Depression Spell
By allowing me to find my way to The Road Out of Hell
Joseph Adam Elward
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