Oh, You Dampen My Soul Poem by Mark. A Heathcote

Oh, you dampen my soul
But my heart is an ember
It's never truly extinguished

I tarry like - like a dog with a bone
Your apron strings hide a fire
The ashes of my despair
Darling, feed me again, to be fair
I need three good meals a day, with you, please.

Oh, you dampen my heart.
Say there's still a spark.
Throw a dog a bone
And I'll scurry home
To watch the embers
In your eyes rise.

Oh, if silence had a sound
It'd be an angel's cry of old
The temperance we used to know
Not one of you is letting me go
Letting me roam.

But I'm so devoted now.
I can't turn over a new bone.