A Way With Words

   

A Way With Words
Another Blog By The Poetdude
            Steven R. Adamski

             The White Lie

The Nose Knows , But Does The Nose Know
When It's Done To Much Blow ,As This Habit Grows
The Bank Account Slows
The After Effects Show , As The Heart Slowly Goes
You'll Reap What You Sow , Could You Ever Say No
To Those Tempting Little Lines Of Snow........

              More

It's The First Class Drug
One Hundred Bucks A Gram
Dealers Are The Modern Day Thugs
We Put Our Money In Their Hands

Corrupt Salesmen
The Dope Hits The Street
Supplying Us With Contraband
They Live In A Penthouse Suite

A Briefcase Full Of Money
Wearing A Three Piece Suit
A Handful Of Profit
Little Packages Of Toot

First You Try It
Then You Buy It
Then You Front It
Now You Owe

As The Dealers Get Rich
And Your Wallet Gets Poor
You Love It So Much
That You Need Some More

More , More- You Need To Score
Even If You Have To Front It
Even If It Makes You Poor

Cold And Shaking,
Sweating At The Same Time
Let's Do Some More
Snort Another Line

Snort It , Snort It!
Smoke It , Smoke It!

A Test Tube , A Spoon
Your Little Glass Pipe
Fill Up Your Lungs
Shorten Your Life

A Step Up The Ladder
Into The Main Line
You Need Some More Money
To Pay You Need Some More Time

More , More-You Need To Score
Even If You Have To Front It
Even If It Makes You Poor

Smoke It , Smoke It !
Shoot It , Shoot It !

So Stick That Needle
Right Into Your Vein
You've Now Got The Main Line
Right To The Brain

Or Is It The Heart
Oh ! Is That What Stopped
I Hope You Paid Your Dealer
For The Pick Of The Crop

Is There A Price To Pay
For What You Sell
You Reap What You Sow
You'll Find Out In Hell......
Cocaine Casts A Deadly Spell.........

    The Pledge Of Addiction

I Pledge My Allegiance
To My Addiction To Cocaine
I Live In The United States Of America
And To The Destruction
For Which It Stands , One Nation
Under The Influence , Self Destructible
With Indigence And Addiction For All.......

    The American Dream

    The American Dream
Is Being Sold In Eight Balls
And Bought With No Pride
To A Gullible Society -Nationwide

This Bag Is Worth A Million Dollars
How Much Is It Worth To You
Is It Worth Your Job , Your Home , Your Family
It May Cost You Your Life
By The Time You're Through

Everything You Love
Everything You Own
Exchanged  For A Degrading Disease
The Cocaine Seed Has Been Sown

(Chorus)The American Dream
              A Cocaine Conspiracy
             Societies Enduring Plague
             An Addictive Adversary

Lying In The Bloodbath
Of A Self Inflicted Debt
You've Seen The Dealers Wrath
Payment Time , Did You Forget

You're Just A Payment
Within Their Hands
Looks Like Dirty Money
From Where I Stand

Our Society Says Let It Be
No Need To Dirty Their Hands
For The Sake Of Enmity
I Don't Understand

(Chorus)-

 There's Bloodshed In South America
This Blood Is Shed For You
From Columbia To Chicago
They'll Kill To Get It Through

Coke Czars Run The Cartel
A Billion Dollar Enterprise
A Product To Sell
To Incorporate America's Demise

Now The Cartels Are Killing Judges
And Writing Their Own Laws
And Watching Americans Kill Themselves
 With Needles , Spoons And Straws

Can We Call It A Drug War
The Enemy Being Ourselves
We Haven't Won A Battle
Buying What They Sell

Should The Cartel Run For President
As Cocaine Slowly Takes Over America
Your Addiction Is A Vote
For The Election Of Drugs

You're Just A Man
Within Their Hands
You Say You Don't Have A Problem
I Still Don't Understand

        The American Dream
Is Being Sold In Eight Balls
And Bought With No Pride
To A Gullible Society - Nationwide........
Poet Dude  1987

The Tragic Tale Of The Titanic

Part 1 -   A SHIP BUILDERS DREAM

Born In Belfast , A Luxurious Liner

A Concept Of Confidence , To Satisfy Her Designers

Hundreds Of Hammers Riveting 2 Overlapping Plates

A Ship Yard Full Of Men In The Year 1908

Harland And Wolff In Partnership With The White Line

Would Create 3 Ships To Astonish Mankind

The Olympic , The Titanic Also The Britannic

Sisters Of The Sea , Tons Of Gigantic

             A Ship Builders Dream.....

                       1987

Part 2  -  UNSINKABLE

It's Twelfth Year Of The Twentieth Century

In Awe People Stare At Her Sight

She's The Largest Ship In History

The Transatlantic Crossing , Her Maiden Flight

I Listen In Awe , A Statement In Vein

For He Who Gives Life Could Easily Take It Away

"Not Even God Could Sink This Ship"

Blasphemy Poured Onto The Ships Deck

Blood Upon Her Anchors , Over 2000 Passengers

Yet , Not A Prayer Could Save Her

It's Such A Clear Night Upon The Calm Moonlight Sea

Titanic Sails Onward To Meet Her Tragic Destiny

We Move On , Deeper Into The Night

Introduced To An Icy Sea

Her Iron Walls Can Withstand The Force Of Any Powers That Be.....

Iceberg Sighted , News Relayed , Immediate Reaction , Engines Delayed

The Ships Wheel Revolves Hard A Starboard

Slicing Iron , A Frozen Sword , A Few Hours Later , The Oceans Floor

With Violent Affection A Ton Of Ice Comes Crashing Upon The Ships Deck

Passengers Know Not The True Oppression Of The Hours That Lie Ahead.....

An Obscure Consequence Lies Below The Water Line

Ignorance Of The Imminence , Some Passengers Still Wine And Dine

Others Lie Fast Asleep Unaware Of The Fatal Wound

An Invitation To The Deep , To Rest In Peace Within Her Ruin

Women And Children First , Keep Loading The Lifeboats

As The Captain Knows The Worst , Perhaps 2 Hours Afloat

Lifeboats Leaving Half Full , The Officers Are Trying To

Persuade The Passengers To Save Their Own Lives

Women and Children First

Father Stays Behind To Die Without His Wife

As The Slant In The Deck Grows , So Does The Number

Of The People Filling The Lifeboats , And As The Statistics Show

It Was First Class First , But Who Was Last , The President Of The

White Star Line Didn't Take A Pass

Now The Title On The Titanic's Bow Slips Below The Water Line

Most Of The Lifeboats Are Now Gone , The Remainder Of People

On An Upward Climb , Upward To The Stern ,Then Nowhere To Go

The Only Place Left , The Icy Water Below

Distress Weighs Heavily As The End Draws Near

1500 People Sharing Little Time , 1500 People Sharing Fear

Now As The Stern Lifts Itself Out Of The Ocean

Lives Into The Water Poured , A Travesty Of Commotion

People Jumping Overboard 

Had The Sea Lost It's Sanity , This Is The Unsinkable Ship

Taking A Slice Of Humanity , We Watch The Titanic Split

Within Moments The Titanic Slips Away

Disappearing Beneath The Still , Yet Icy Waters.....

1500 Souls Lost Upon This Night , Was This An Act Of God ?

Or Was It Man's Own Slaughter ?

Does The Answer Lie Below The Surface ?

Or Is It Written Upon The Faces Of The Wailing Survivors ?

                                    1987

Part 3 - THE TITANIC

A Teardrop In The Ocean

Reflects No Shown Emotion

Water With No Mercy

In A Frozen Desert

A Land Without A Shore

A Cry To Be Ignored

Eleven Stories Tall

To An Iceberg She Would Fall

A Disaster At Sea ,  

It's History To Me

The Atlantic

Deep , Cold And Starved

The Titanic

The Maiden To Be Scarred

The Captain Of This Slaughter

And The Party On Board

Knew Not The Angry Waters

To Take More Than They Could Afford

The Unsinkable Queen

On This Voyage Her First

Now Lies Deceased

The Ocean , It's Thirst.....

             1982

Part 4 - REQUIEM

Deep In The Confines Of My Mind

Even As I Slumber

I Travel Through A Darkened Hallway Of Water

For I'm Trying To Reach Her

I'm On A Shore That Lies Beneath The Surface

Miles Lie Between

The Sorrow Within My Dreams

My Never Ending Love

For The Oceans Most Sought After Queen

Tears Of Depth , The Depth Of My Tears

Shed For My Sister Of The Sea

So Long Ago , She Sunk In Her Despair

Miles Below , Way Down There

Who Visits Her Watery Grave

Who Remembers Her Majestic Sight

Skeletal Remains , Years Passed Away

Unseen Souls Remember This Night

Icicles Of Rust

Shroud Her Once Majestic Spectacle

A Maritime Mansion

A Now Corroding Vessel

My Heart Swells With Sorrow

As I Bid Her Farewell

I've Deep Lament For My Sister

And Every Soul That Perished With Her

Deep In The Confines Of My Mind

Even As I Slumber.....

I Hear A Bell In Belfast Chime

I Feel The Passion Within The Thunders Roll

This Is A Requiem For The Maiden Titanic

A Legend That Never Grows Old.....

.....As I Awoke In 1912  , I Was A Peasant

Hammering Rivets In The Belfast

Shipyard Of Harland  And Wolff.....

Composed By Steven R. Adamski

                    1992

    MORE LEFTOVERTURE

    The Words I've Written Down

 Came From Deep Within My Heart

           A Melody , A Rhyme

         Perhaps A Work Of Art

   Deep Thoughts Within My Mind

    These Words , I Long To Share

Join Me On A Journey Through Time

      Walk With Me If You Dare

      Share With Me Your Dreams

     As I Shall Share My Memories

       And I Shall Share With Thee

The Path To An Enlightened Destiny

                   2020

                  ASHAMED

              All I Once Possessed

         A Vast Desert Of Nothingness

              I'll Ignore Your Prejudice

      And For My Silence I May Be Blessed

       Fool Was I To Think Anyone Cared

                 Yesterday Haunts Me 

             And Tomorrow Curses Me

              Just Look Into My Eyes

             You'll See That I'm Scared

                The Pain Is Within Me

Would My Conscience Ever Let Me Be Free ?

          On The Surface I Was Strong

  Yet My Spirit Was Fragile And Broken

          The Face I Wear Is Long

  For My Feelings Were Left Unspoken

All I've Lost In Life Has Caused Me Hurt  And Pain

The Sands Of Time Has Finally Caught Up With Me

        And There's No One But Me To Blame

    So I'll Now Speak The Truth , I'm Ashamed.....

                              2018

                 MY BROKEN THOUGHTS

    ......My Moments Of Genius Come And Go

         I Try To Be Cool , Calm And Collective

           And Although I May Be Growing Old

            My True Feelings Will Always Show

      For My Personality Is Always Being Perfected

Perhaps My Moments Of Genius Are Being Neglected.....

                  ......Let's Ride On The Wind

                       Forget The World Below

                         And Find An Answer

                            To The Question

                        That Nobody Knows.....

......The Only People Who Fail Are Those Who Never Try......

              ......I've Lost My Peace Of Mind

           I Like It Better When I'm All Alone

               My Loneliness Is By Design

                  When I'm Really Afraid

           I Won't Even Answer My Phone......

     ......My Words Can't Express The Emotions

           That I Now Feel

           I Long For The Day She Comes For Me

                     Don't Leave Me Now

            I've Never Hid My Emotions From You

                       I Stood By You......    

........ I've Been Lost Within My Darkness

                  For Some Time Now

             Because Society Has Rejected Me

     It Seems They Didn't Like My Appearance......