Quickly sketching paths in fresh snow when there was no smooth path etched in stone Sickly I'm sliding with wet shoes on a slippery ***** Whiskey is my only lullaby Let go of hope the ashen past You cannot escape your lonely fate In my fist clenched a ****** t shirt inscribed my aspirations and my apathy My sullen sleep ridden dreams echoing with such painful screams I sit feverishly take a dram just one last sip before I slip Still quietly curdling in the corner when the sun came out When the flowers did bloom blossoming a sweetened sappy odor Where can you say lays the man who's hand beholds the golden cup In the dark forgotten plains Tending to lambs and pillowy sheep All the while the wind withered a beast whom the world denied him sleep