I Use To Be A Man My Friends Poem by Anuj Tikku

I use to be a man my friends
Till life tore away at my core
Ozzing with coke from every pore
I was reduced to a shadow of what I use to be
Not able to see things the way I use to see
My vision blurred by wine and the scent of bar girls
Pulling and tugging me from side to side
I was just like the devils lonely bride
Going down the slope of a downward spiral
My wife taken away by her lover
My mom fought bravely only to loose to her cancer cells
I still did not listen to the alarm bells

I use to be a man my friends
Till I gave in to my decadent ways
And forgot all about my hard working glory days
Drank too much came home late at night
Their was a time I had a lot of fight
Now chased by gangsters who murdered my dad
This is a story of a man who is very sad
The sands of time kept flowing by
As I was reduced to the shadow of my former self

I use to be a man my friends
Happy go lucky with no worries in the world
Till I tore down every value system
Rebelling without a cause without reason
Walking on thin ice
For which One day I had to pay a heavy price
Only if the consequences' of my acts I had known
May be I could have stopped the rot
I could have given life one more shot
Instead I choose to ignore
Now I am in hell for sure

I use to be a man my friends
I am now reduced to being a lonely boy
Just like destinies lonesome toy
I had given up on most things
Gold silver and diamond rings
I am now the shadow of my former self
Frying my soul in my own hell
I use to be a man my friends.......................