My Mojo Light (Blues Poem #12)

My days and nights

 death in between

 trouble in front—behind

 

The devil hijacking my

 fondest dream

 trouble in front—behind

 

She said she loved me

 then said it twice

 trouble in front—behind

 

The day I got fired

 she turned to ice

 trouble in front—behind

 

I pass out stoned

 and wake up hard

  trouble in front—behind

 

With time my warden

 and sentence scarred

 trouble in front—behind

 

My children’s names

 now others call

 trouble in front—behind

 

The doctor warns…

 “Not one more fall”

 trouble in front—behind

 

Excuses inked

 across my chest

 trouble in front—behind

 

The good got better

 but the worst got best

 trouble in front—behind

 

My eyes stay swollen

 my mojo light

 trouble in front—behind

 

The river rolling

 the falls in sight

 trouble in front—behind

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)

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