I've Been a Slave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2roycihKc0 Here is a link to my you tube channel where I read my poetry.

I've been a slave so many
times.
I've been a slave to
booze and vaginas,
to poverty and the streets.
I've been a slave to opiates
and poetry
brutality and love.

I've been a slave to
the flesh and my addictions,
good intentions galore.
I've been a slave to
beauty and hatred,
passion and desire
the flame
and the
fiery dance with death.
I've been a slave to the
crowd and the pedestal
the morning glory women, and
their spells.
I've been a slave on
the slow ride to hell.

So for the last time,
I'm done with slavery.
Go find a new c**k to control.
This rooster is going back to
the barnyard,
chase the horses and hens.
I promise
I will crow at the
freedom-soaked dawn.

Author's Note

Check out my book, Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems on Amazon.com
and swing by my you tube channel if you get the chance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zFgHx4CBRQ

Reviews

[Stella Armour]

Addictions are not someting we have a lot of control over and many people just don't get up to fight another day, they give in simply because they have become lost in it all.
I admire anyone who can kick an addictive habit, let alone several and be man enough to admit they had taken control back ....

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

[Stella Armour]

you are welcome Thomas ....

[John the Baptist]

If you are a slave in the external sense, maybe an emancipator will come to your assistance. But the kinds of slaveries mentioned are of the internal type, where in the final analysis, you have to be your own emancipator. It ain't easy.

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks, John. Much appreciated.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Poetry feels like an opiate sometimes...we need that fix to write us into the next day...
survival by pen.
This is wicked good, Thomas,
I read you and some others on this site...and I want to throw my keboard in the trash.
Wonderful stuff.
j.

[Thomas W Case]

You are way too kind. Thank you so much.

[Neville]

Just before something distracted me on the way here, I was about to say .. Bukowski would be proud to make your acquaintance sir .. Neville

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much, N.

[andrew mitchell]

Sometimes we choose to be slaves, I suppose it’s learning not to be a victim and be more assertive. I reckon our self esteem and confidence plays apart on whether we are rulers or slaves. Nice one Thomas

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks, Andrew. Much appreciated.