Wantonness

it’s tiring this wantonness
an aching inside drugs can’t cure
its between God and I
only He and my girl
can lift me up when down
something to find 
in these long days
like scouring the ocean floor
for a long lost pearl
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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