I AM RESENTING THE MYTH OF ADDICTION
AND ITS UNGROWN CHILD, CREATIVITY
DID YOU NOTICE THE CHILD THAT NEVER WAS?
LOCKED IN AN UNPOPULAR PART OF MY MEMORY

AND IF I DEFY MY EULOGY LONG ENOUGH TO CLAIM MY PRIZE,
WHAT WILL IT BE?
FALL

THE TEMPTATION HAS BEEN HOUNDING ME,
PREYING ON CONVICTION, YIELDING IF I'M WEAK
NOTHING TO REPENT, NOT A THING TO BE FORGIVEN
COULD I GROW YOUNGER, YIELD ENOUGH TO BREATHE

IF I STAND RECESSED IN MOCKERY WITH A ROUGH NEW STARE IN MY EYES
WHAT WILL IT BE?
FALL

AND IF I DEFY MY EULOGY LONG ENOUGH TO CLAIM MY PRIZE,
WHAT WILL IT BE?
FALL