"Heave!"

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My sometimes companion

Like a killer shrew, it's me it sees

A monster with legs waddles after me

Memories live in the now, not past-tense

Free form license doesn't have to make sense

I'm artistically free, or so I tell myself,

Take down the bad that I keep on a shelf

And leaf through the scalding, fiery pages

That I usually keep locked away in cages

Of when I lost any judgment I may have had

Times when good eluded, and out came the bad

I still hang my head in shame when I recall

And no amount of rationalizing helps at all

A man alone with demons from his past

Needs to give himself a break, but demons last

'Heave!'

Submitted: April 17, 2021

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Oh, boy, I can so relate to this one. Excellent writing, Mike.

Wed, April 21st, 2021 6:55pm

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Thank you, Hull

Wed, April 21st, 2021 2:25pm

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