Author: RobertBlack

Drink too much Say the wrong things Lose friends Face disloyal siblings Prise yourself off the rock With a self-inflicted blade You are not the master You must drift Let yourself drift

I left her behind in the car Crying I crossed the road near the casino  And got a small rush A guy approached me From the left I guessed he was a homeless guy And it was too late to escape him “Spare some small change? ” “No, sorry mate, ” I replied instinctively “Liar!…

Put criminals in a zoo And wild animals in prison For all to mock And see Kill a lion Because you can But only with a weapon Put a metal bit In the mouth Of a horse That longs to be free Whip it until it bleeds When it runs too slow Hook a marlin…

Can I get you? With just words? A stupid idea I know But to capture you Just in words That beauty And my insanity Your young body And my old mind  

    What I do When I cannot afford Anything stronger Is I drink the beer Through a straw It seems to keep me In a drunker state More focused For longer Not as good As spirits And I cannot promise I won’t still End up In trouble But It sure is Cheaper

That is the plight of the writer Plied with alcohol In the name of the dream Squeezed and broken Almost to death Until a few drops Of genius Bleed

Once lions chased dragons And protected their claim But the Queen, she had bargained And time surely came So the lions decided To leave their domain They came from the North They came with disdain The orchid is ours! That much is plain! Like a plague of locusts In numbers they came Some tried to…

Say you hate money Say you hate working Say you hate politicians Say you hate controls Say you love the couch Say you love life Say you love freedom Say you love cats Say you love dogs Say you are not so sure About most humans Say you hate the ridiculous ironies of life Of…

A drunk girl squats On my overgrown grave Unaware Of my life longer despair Her lip service Gives me hope And she even lets A ripper fart go Into the air All power and pride As she considers The beauty of the moon My cold white bones Rattle in expectation Of a slow golden shower…