Twisting alleyways 

and split-second decisions

led me here to you

Toodeloo to you 

and me too as we push our 

burning raft to sea 

Awaiting the storm 

gnawed nerves worse than the raging

wind and snow here now  

 

I slipped on the ring 

my father once wore and felt 

the weight of ages 

A broken record 

and a dead watch have become 

my greatest heroes 

You deniers of 

your own senses will soon 

blindly plummet down 

Afterparty blues 

and a mental hangover

not from booze but life