Dreams Adrift in a River of Puke

So yeah. Enjoy, I guess.

These days are stained in puke

The fetid colors of my youth

I just don't have the energy

To even think about you

These hours are all too real

I count down the time till I cease to feel

The vibration of the mower's engine

Will never still, not even in my sleep

What are you looking at?

I hope you had a good laugh

Goddamnit I'm just a joke

Got nothing to live for

You're watching with tears in your eyes

Broken up over my broken life

Yeah, it was kind of funny at first

But now it really hurts

So I want to know how it feels

To be nothing but a dream

Merrily you set sail

And drifted down the stream

Got caught up in a storm

And now you're out at sea

Thousands of miles away

I forgot what I want to be

These thoughts are stuck to my skull

All my problems are all my fault

Goddamn I hope I don't have a soul

Got s**t and gum stuck under my shoe

And they'll stick with me longer than you

Author's Note

Originally it was titled "Dreams Adrift". Which title do you prefer?

Reviews

[Archipelago]

definitely "Dreams Adrift in a River of Puke", it's much more striking and original, and i think does a better job of describing the poem...which by the way was very good. it created a very lost and bitter feeling in my gut as i read it.

[I'llPlayTheJuliet]

I like "Dreams Adrift in a River of Puke"
its more inventive and creative.
Besides "Dreams Adrift" is a kind of Cliche title for a poem..
Idk just my opinion.
Great write though.