sleepie

I can't ever sleep
Laying lonely in the night
Wow am I tired

zerothehero

president donald
now that could trigger some binge
drinking don't ya think

Elseware

I vote peace and love
The last days are upon us
Disgusting nightmare

Carpathia

sat with my in-laws
at the table a glass of
water in my hand

strange, they know me now
what once I hid well from them
still hangs in the air

I've heard you say it
'time takes time' and so it does
This is a new age

zerothehero

i dance with the drunks
and the dopers while they have
no clue who i am

i was that dancing
doper while i had no clue
who i really was

facing the past and
facing the future takes clear
vision and insight

i lived in a fog
and thought i had it all down
but man was i lost

can't say it wasn't
fun though at least until it
wasn't fun no more

but i'm having fun
now and i'm ready for the
unknown don't ya know

Elseware

It's hard to get old
To lose your body to time
That girl's still in there

She's still so pretty
And she surely likes to look
Nobody looks back

Coldfusion

Home town is Haiku,
Maui, where the phone exchange
Is five-seven-five.

Elseware

Grand jury called me up
How do I like them apples?
They do not know me

Drug addict, nut case
Why would they ever want me?
I refuse to go

zerothehero

my jury duty
strategy has been to look
ten kinds of crazy

zerothehero

Should I just keep my
Mouth shut when the boss is a
Liability?

Elseware

Keeping my mouth shut
It's always so hard for me
It is the boss, though

zerothehero

tell it like it is
and let the chips fall where they
may just get me fired

zerothehero

How's my Elsie girl?
I don't hear from you unless
I write a haiku.

Elseware

How's your Elsie girl?
Well, she's fine. Most excellent
Been out horse riding

O'er the hills and dales
Upon her shiny black stead
Her spurs a jingling

zerothehero

ten dogs in the house -
eight puppies, a grumpy bitch
and one castrado

zerothehero

i promised one more
year in dysfunction junction
we all need money

Elseware

I sit and I think
Some people express themselves
But are they for real

Carpathia

A girl spoke tonight.
Said she'd been beaten when her
baby wasn't home.

Thankfully, not home.
I heard compassion, but not
coming from my mouth.

A big old man spoke -
offered her kindness and strength.
I heard love tonight.

zerothehero

they might be for real
their stories are so crazy
it makes me wonder

my life was alright
am i really an alcy
like am i for real

all i have to do
is dig through my old posts on
sr and i know

i was a damn mess
and alcohol made it worse
good to be sober

my early sober
months marinated in angst
and anxiety

good thing i was a
year sober before those damn
surgeries or i'd

be dead i guess or
worse...

zerothehero

thanks carpathia
for the reminder that we
are basically good