Luke Arthur Poems

</>I like myself, I like who I be
I give of myself, so must to please thee
I care and I share and I try to be fair
I live, love and I strip myself bare
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</>Who’s that dope that couldn’t cope?
Who kept on wrestling with the rope?
Hung out to grope, not bother with the soap
I was that dope who couldn’t cope
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The doldrums stare, bereft in silent meditation
Icy cold spheres of stone lay heavy in my gut
My eyelids wide open, whilst my heart it slams shut
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My blood would curdle at the thought
At a compromise when victory sought
I loathe the indignity of such digression
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As I drift through an autumn morn
Amidst the lilac haze, creeps dawn
Under a crystal blue behemoth sky
Forsaken dreams and the questions why?
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Arthur, Ho, Arthur, once proud as a lion
You worked so hard with muscles of iron
Diamond blue eyes and jet raven hair
You’d everything going and free from all care
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Open the newspaper, turn on the radio
Listen hard for the good news to come
Turn up the TV. Talk to some friends
Listen hard for the good news to come
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See life as a ticking clock where the time never stops
From the minute we're born to the day of our morn
Because in the blink of an eye our life's pasted us by
Time’s not for turning, so it would be wasteful to try
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I get the fish in the unbroken dish
I get the fruit, the nuts and the jelly
I rule the roost, so I choose the telly
I’m allowed to leave the toilet smelly
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