Poems from sydneyp986
Cleric's collar,
Grocery dollar
Spent on wine and whiskey.
Same back corner,
Daytime outreach
Beckons still at dusk.
Temptation drips...
10am, down the first glass
Drink off a half-remembered past
Dream-dappled sleep can't shake
What memories were supposed to make
Me drown...
The heartbeat of this house
Speeds and slows,
Leaving me breathless.
Haunting every thought
With careless concern for
Unrealistic ideals...
These are my church shoes,
Shiny patent leather
Kept clean every week
Tucked neatly under pews.
Sometimes I forget to take them off and...
An alcoholics breath can stain an angel's hair dark. Lies fed underneath the table,Swept beneath the rug. Whispered secret, try to keep...