The Place That I Used To Live

I’ve lived in Desperate, I’ve lived in Despair

I’ve lived in Addicted and Drunk.

I’ve lived Half Lives, I’ve lived Half Dead

one foot kicking dirt in the grave.

I’ve lived both Bleeding and Scarred,

I’ve lived Broken and Torn.

I’ve lived in Fear, I’ve lived in Lies,

wishing Tomorrow would never come.

For a short time I lived in Heaven

with an Angel who showed me her wings.

I flew with her through the Clouds

but again found myself back in Hell.

I still owed rent on Darkness

my name on a lease in Despair.

And Drunk seemed like the shortest route

to keep me living In Between.

I came here to the Ocean

when Heaven sent me back to Hell.

To see if where the Earth meets the Sky

I could Begin again.

I’m trying to reside in Sober

having broken the lease on Drunk.

Trying to live in the Light

having hung curtains on the Dark.

The décor I’ve chosen is Quiet and Calm

filled in with Time To Think.

With daily trips to the Ocean

to rehydrate a Barren Soul.

I’ve decided to live in Happy, in Peace

in Sober, in Life, in Alive.

To forever leave the Darkness behind

the Place That I Used To Live.

 

*For dversepoets.com*

 

Poetics: Leonard Cohen and Place