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LIFE AFTER DARK

I can see no future anymore No emancipation for the poor My addiction lays at the bedroom door Ready for another night hung over "Pulp Fiction" repeats on the dvd While the Rolling Stones "Sister Morphine" is on rotate inside the stereo Isolating my pain Emulsifying my brain My mind soggy from too much champagne The enormous urgency to bury my emotions is found in the bottle My heart jagged like an opened tin can Detached from the world at this moment Religion has never been a friend Jehovah comes to me privately I answer with prophets Refuse to accept the gargoyles in the mirror when I turn off the lights Notions I must be high or suffering from residuals of acid tabs Pandora gave to me My bed My coffin And there I lay Watching crystal clear dreams waterfall into nightmares Challenge and dare me to die in my sleep Fluid with sound Blindly dark Giving way to morning I'm still alive By Lepadah
— Lepadah, May 20, 2009

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Country/Region: New York

Favorite Poets: Rumi, Gil Scott Heron, Felipe Luciano, Walt Whitman, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Neruda, Walker, Troupe, James Baldwin etc . . .list endless

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weirdelf

weirdelf

17 years ago

A bleak ray of hope in a stinky room.

I know the pain and the place intimately, but what are you sharing here? Is it a cry for help? I suspect you know what to do. It's simple math. We medicate the pain until the pain of medication exceeds the original pain. Then it's spiral to death or get off that particular no-where train. You write well, cheers, Jess Forever unwrapping the eternal present.
Lepadah

Lepadah

17 years ago

Re: Comment

Thank you for your comments. To be honest just an inside look and way too much drinking etc...a reality check. Peace Lepadah