Freestyle

I wrote this the other night just before sleep. Put pen to paper and said "go". No stopping, no editing just freestyle rhyming. I did not edit this at all, however I removed some of the re-tahded pahts. Here it is...

The poison on my lips

arrow tips

to my core

piercing so fierce

releasing pressure

balloon pop

the rock drops

bottom of the lake

in its wake

forsake

your only shake

at freedom –

soul liberation

temptation, migration

from yourself, the truth

the sleuth

in the basement

looking to find

something – what?

A feeling in your gut?

It’s all the same

heard it before

locking the door

on yourself

Soul bereft

chink in the cleft

of your chin

nobody wins

Just imagine

a life above

floating with love

no conflict

no guilt no pain

that common refrain

but you do it all again

Tell me when

Will you face it

take it

suck it up

turn your cup

over, let it drain

suck the wound

like that ‘coon

in the woods

in the ‘hood

tipping the barrel

for scraps but a sack

in the road

had the code

to sumthin’ bigger

would you figure

into this narrative

so curative

You had the keys

and only these

words in your mind

could soothe the blind

man livin’ in your head

but instead of leading

he’s the led

already fed

on lies and deceit

what a feat to defeat

those demons in your street

Hold on – yes

Redress

the wounds

it’s coming soon

in the sky, the stars

reaching too far

laughing now

at those words

if you coulda heard

this guy last night

got in a fight

ran like a jerk

while we were at work

son-bitch

shortened to say

I’m gonna sway

from the norm right now

I don’t know how

these words pop

into my head Grateful Dead

led a nation a generation

adventures in drugs?

Music? What?

Belly-up

to this bar

not too far

Just wanna be

a star without a scar

or a frown ever

your life is better

to take this endeavor

of the mind

time unwinds

who knows what’s next

I regret

I can’t send

the love that would mend