I AM . . . . .

I'm an alcoholic when I'm pissed
I'm a labourer of love when I'm kissed
I'm a lover to all my men
I'm a brother to all my friends

I'm a singer when I sing
I'm a wife when I put on that ring
I'm a traveller when I'm on distant shores
I'm a convict when I break the law

I'm a philosopher of one kind
I'm a legend in my own mind
I'm to young to grow old
I have listened to what I was told

I was told one day
I should change my ways
But I made up my mind
That I'm one of a kind
And my love for him wasn't kind

Life isn't always what it seems
There's a difference between reality and dreams
What's right and what's wrong is not always clear to me
I don't care so long as I feel free

I feel free to be
What I want to be
And I know I can abstain
From a life full of pain
That will one day drive me insane

(c) 1993 JEB