Still a little drunk

By Dejected_Worth

being better than you
I've dreamed of this
to only wake empty handed
(and still a little drunk)

They painted you a saint
the perfect pillar of Victorian clay
Romanesque and Godlike, framed to
so small a scale
(and still a little drunk)

The chemical smile
hid horrible lies
Tangible sin, atrocity hides
in the glint of blue eyes
human arms bent to mock wings
a taste of fate less hypocrisy
and we have fallen (as if to death)
to chance the slim hopelessness
to wake in the arms of a loving God
wide eyed and oblivious
(and still a little drunk)

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© 2009 SGT James Craven
Published on Sunday, March 15, 2009.     Filed under: "Tribute" and "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: Damn. Eat my platitudes with the others here in.

  • Shortnlethal On Monday, March 16, 2009, Shortnlethal (65)By person wrote:

    Short n Nasty..love your wording, and understanding of the feelings we go thou when we are drunk. Keep up the good work ^^

  • freudian-slip On Sunday, March 15, 2009, freudian-slip (239)By person wrote:

    drunken rage at it's natural finest. i'm going to keep reading your thoughts here...

  • Cherry Bear On Sunday, March 15, 2009, Cherry Bear (25)By person wrote:

    Beautiful piece of work, Liked a lot. The tittle made me think this was going to be something horrible but something pressed me to read it, the title fits perfectly and its a beautiful write Cherry Bear

  • darkcoldplace On Sunday, March 15, 2009, darkcoldplace (6)By person wrote:

    wonderfully written


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