My Own Worst Enemy

Wrestling dawn's early light from shadow
The obvious ignored by those who should know
By their own consent the darkness grows
What kind of indoctrination do you propose?

Trying to run from an unfriendly past
Amazing how long unhappiness can last
All over the world the roles have been cast
Longing for the days when traitors swung from the mast,

You stung my world with your lies
Not my lover but an assassin in disguise
Life is now by a sad compromise
The joke that has become family ties,

To shatter all those crystalline alibis
I can hear the lonely and their cries
Life comes around and you get three tries
Now As I hover over the wreckage of my demise,

The quickness of the eye and slowly forming smile
Nothing more cruel than the verdict of exile
All those lofty promises of the green mile
Then your wife tells you she's been defiled,

I loved you more than the coming of spring
As though hearing bells for the first time ring
And all the promise of happiness it should bring
Yet, somehow you became a changeling,

Life is now an eternal puzzle
Not like when you and your puppy used to nuzzle
Might want to slow down on that beer you guzzle
Too many end up on the wrong end of a rifle muzzle,

Ghosts whisper in the mist of early dawn
Oh beloved mother where have you gone?
The personal tragedies that go on and on
Phantoms of the past materialize on my lawn,

Sing for the memories sing for the truth
Another warplane retired too long in the tooth
Can't numb myself with enough Vermouth
No envy for the legacy of John Wilkes Booth,

I fell for the charms of an Asian princess
i was the White Knight come to her distress
Sadly, she was only a seductress
I am my own worst enemy I must confess.