Rowdy Nights

Rowdy nights and spinning stars

You wake up wondering where you are

The night before a vague and distant dream.

You turn and see a stranger’s room

Is not your own familiar gloom.

The window frames a painful sunlit stream

And opens up the gates of thought,

Remembering what you’d rather not,

You worked so hard last night to set it free.

You did it again.

You fell down again.

Wasn’t it only yesterday

You promised yourself you were ready to pay

The join life, good life, feel right union dues.

But here you are in a stranger’s bed

So wasted in your heart and head

Your throbbing temples drumming you the blues.

And now you know down to your toes

You’re the cause and the cure of all these woes.

Suddenly forgotten dreams come shining through.

You’ll do it again.

You’ll get up again.

Tomorrows take a skillfull bend

Enough of them and today’s your friend.

The yesterdays add up to help you learn.

The time has come for you to anty up and earn

The right to forgive yourself and step into the light

The stars are bright but you won’t close your eyes.

You’ll do it again.

Put the stars back in the sky again.

You’ll do it again.

Kathy Adams