Throw Me A Bone
When I'm alone
and out on the street
Throw me a bone
where the vagrants meet,
Shake your heads
and walk away
Back to your beds,
in comfort, lay,
And say of me
"It's his own **** fault!"
See what you want to see
of the fight I fought,
Against myself
and against my past,
Battling with my health
and dreams too vast,
Dreams of repairing
all that was wrong,
Dreams of sharing
somewhere to belong
Yet the dreams have burst
in a shower of regrets,
And I am sure to be first
to face their debts.
The battles still rage
in the memories I meet
As loneliness and old age
secure my defeat,
The desire for peace
is a mere illusion,
A faded pastiche,
an unwanted intrusion.
I will bear no grudge
nor shall I blame
Jury and the judge
who imprisoned my name,
Nor the sun, the moon,
the land or sea,
But to dance to the tune
that is wholly me,
And when I am dying
I will bow not grieve,
And if I start crying
I will take my leave,
And if I catch your eye
or you hear a faint groan,
Please don't walk by,
throw me a bone.
© RJVHorton2015
Dec 27, 2015
Dec 27, 2015 at 10:25 PM UTC
Throw Me A Bone
When I'm alone
and out on the street
Throw me a bone
where the vagrants meet,
Shake your heads
and walk away
Back to your beds,
in comfort, lay,
And say of me
"It's his own **** fault!"
See what you want to see
of the fight I fought,
Against myself
and against my past,
Battling with my health
and dreams too vast,
Dreams of repairing
all that was wrong,
Dreams of sharing
somewhere to belong
Yet the dreams have burst
in a shower of regrets,
And I am sure to be first
to face their debts.
The battles still rage
in the memories I meet
As loneliness and old age
secure my defeat,
The desire for peace
is a mere illusion,
A faded pastiche,
an unwanted intrusion.
I will bear no grudge
nor shall I blame
Jury and the judge
who imprisoned my name,
Nor the sun, the moon,
the land or sea,
But to dance to the tune
that is wholly me,
And when I am dying
I will bow not grieve,
And if I start crying
I will take my leave,
And if I catch your eye
or you hear a faint groan,
Please don't walk by,
throw me a bone.
© RJVHorton2015
