A stranger to those who once knew me best,
it’s a comfort how hard it was to regress
The counters of time have changed what we knew
Incongruous slipping; attempts to renew
Pieces of my life lie round my bare feet
Unable to fix them; remain incomplete

A stranger to those who once knew me best,
it’s amazing how little it took to regress
flailing an’ struggle to recover myself
still sinking deeper beyond any help
Remorse for those who I once called friend
It’s bitter to say but this is the end

Stranger, I am to myself every day
unable to rein in reasons decay
I lack introspection, memory or pain
Without will to remember, regain
Peace washes in as I begin to drink
Bereft of breathing; lungs filled to the brink

A monster to those who once knew me best
There’s no comfort to me in the silence of rest
unfettered desire; the bringer of death
this I will be till my very last breath!
To them who question I have no reply
Above definition, to live or to die