Blood Stained Nails

Looking for love like an old lost friend

Perhaps I’m just too close to the bitter end

It takes time for all heartbreak to mend

Waiting on the message in a bottle I send,

Might as well be looking for love in a cave

Being co-dependent is like being a slave

When did you ever take more than you gave?

It’s those flawed memories that you crave,

How did I get to this point I’ll never know

Working so long with nothing to show

Getting up after blow after blow

Nowadays picking myself up so slow,

I now give thanks for a cool cloudy day

For the regrets that need to fade away

For an oasis where I can forever stay

For a lonely bed where I can lay.

Uncontrolled thoughts rule the night

In a quest for soulful insight

When I was young the future seemed bright

Now I merely hang on with all my might,

I’ve tried to comprehend Jesus’s blood stained nails

No doubt I overlooked the Holy Grail

Today society is headed off the rails

When it came to my loved ones I tried not to fail.