Inspiration

my inspiration hits

at inconvenient times

making me commit

these inconvenient crimes

a shining inner light

brings calmer insights

I feel illuminated

straight from my insides

I sing a dedication

and change my medication

I need my taste buds back

my lungs were turning black

I get to know myself

hopefully not too late

I can rebuild myself

and rehabilitate

I put my makeup on

I don’t like my reflection

they watch me cross the line

I make a bad impression

you say I’m sleazy, boy

like I don’t know myself

your hands aren’t where they should be

you need to check yourself

this devastation cries

like words inside my tummy

she mixes bitter drinks

they make her feel funny

I change my path and leave

pile in the cab and get home

pull down the black-out blinds

you need to leave me alone

she talking bigger plans

got room for more than this

sulk in the metal cave

led lights, familiar bliss

we drink until it dies

or we do better still

nocturnal samurais

another night to kill

we singing battle rhymes

over your platitudes

we pushing softly by

and past your attitudes

used to be bottled up

dysfunction formalised

sold cheap as broken pieces

apologies and lies