A revised lyrical ramble about triumph over addiction

UNDERTOW


Hotel rooms
Seedy bars
Outside
Looking in
Teal lagoons
Shiny cars
Velocipede of sin

Gelatinous infection
Incandescent scourge
Modicum enticement
Bulwark cliffs emerge

Road warrior enchantress
Provocative excess
Hawkish illustration
Stunning scarlet dress

Intoxication nation
The dead
Lift up their glass
Gross infatuation
Tempered rude harass

Cherry nosed drunkard
Staggering alee
Stout mind blowing hooch
Prowling patiently

Fighting blindly
Tooth and nail
Whiskey fed my rant
A sot was I
Quite cowardly
Braggadocio veil

Tis He who fished my flailing arse
From drowning in the gale
Gift of life supposing
Alive to share my tale

Fading myths
Monoliths
Confession lingers on
Extraordinary
Consequence foregone

Culture ripples
Undertow
Magnetism
Softened blow

Inestimable love
Benevolence we crave
In direct proportion
Pash sadly depraved





© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006