Ghosts and Gremlins

Farewell all you ghosts who haunt my dreams.  

The echoes of your cries won't stir me at night.

You will not stop me.  

You will not break me.  

You no longer are a concern of mine.  

Be gone all you gremlins who clog the gears of my machine.

Your tinkering will fail to derail what works just fine.

You will not sway me.  

You will not shake me.  

You no longer are a concern of mine.  

Viral

Album: Dirt (1992)
Artist: Alice in Chains
Songs: "Them Bones," "Dam That River," "Rain When I Die"

written on 10-26-2017

I'm feeling pretty lousy,
like a cat without a mousy,
unafraid, but I'm pondering,
what's gonna happen next?

I'm sorry for the attention,
that you've suddenly been getting,
because of me and the tree that
I stopped to admire.

That fall day, my back was hurting,
and I thought, to ease the burden
by going up and lying flat
to soothe the pain away.

I meant no harm to you nor they
who were supervising that day.
If I knew then what I know now,
I would have stayed inside

To deal with the pain that I disguise
with smiles and jokes, but I realize
to be honest with you, only
helps me out of this mess.

Don't write me up - Oh, please!  Oh, please!
I'm too proud to be on my knees
for each day and each step, they grow
old, wrinkly, creaky, and tired.

Once again, I seem distracted
so I'll return to what the fact is
that this is the first and the last time
that I will go viral.