Sunday, April 29, 2012

"Gluttony" an original poem

I'm writing this as an apology, for you, and for me.
Though there aren't enough lines to place my rhymes to atone for my hypocrisy.
I eat and I drink and I smoke all too much.
It depletes how I think and invokes lack of trust.
While I bitch and I moan on how others indulge,
I consume much in secret afraid to divulge.
You watch, and I watch you watching me
Hoping you don't intervene in my complacency.
As I find I have needs which I can't explain,
Like the gin and tonic that seems to ease pain
Till my sins turn to vomit and I find I'm insane.

Or the need for the smoke that hurries my death
As I inhale the puff and I exhale my breath.
The menthol taste that I get on my tongue
As it makes its way down to the heart of my lungs.
But I fear not a thing...though my noose has been hung.

So take me as I am, a gluttonous wretch
Which soils the earth and defiles our nest,
But know that I love you with all of my heart.
All of it...every last mother fucking part!

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