A Worthwhile Pursuit

Here's a link to my you tube channel where I read my poetry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbj9bj58Txw

My mind is a
scrapbook of
tattered
memories and
ghosts that waltz to
sullen Cohen
songs in my heart.

Sometimes
it hurts
badly, like a
rotten tooth.
I have a foul and
electric
taste in my mouth.
A metallic bitterness.
There’s a febrile and
pale stranger in the
mirror that cowers
back at me.
Tears, like candle wax.

I used to
try and drink the
pain away.
Chase worldly
pursuits, like a
dog at the track
after that mechanical
rabbit.

As I get older,
I try to practice
wisdom.
I got off that
dirt road to
damnation Island.
We are in this
carnival of s**t
together.
I seek a higher love
and try to ease another's
aching,
a pursuit worthwhile.

Author's Note

My book, Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems is available on Amazon.com
My e book(limited edition) Rise Up Collected Poems and Short Stories is available on Booksie.com