A friend once said she wished she could get as inspired as I do sometimes, And I certainly hope she finds her inspiration, But never in the way I have. I've found my inspiration in the gutters of people souls, myself included, In witnessing the lashes someone can put in someone's spirit with their whips of words, I've been the sufferer and the abuser I found it in the anguish I came from, from finding a dying parent Finding a quiet friend in a casket From the brinks I brought myself too It's tragic, I could never wish this on her I wish her to find her inspiration humming from the strings of her guitar From biting sips of wine From a man who hopefully sees her as she is And hopefully never from the abyss from which I take my chances She should get hers from fast nights and slow dances, From laying low in high places, I think of you often, By her I've surely been forgotten, I wish the best, But one thing I know is I'll keep the rest