Troubled © Tony Fallon 071618

Troubled © Tony Fallon 071618

Have you paid your dues and fees?

Or paid for all your vices

Have you climbed up from the gutter to your knees?

After you heard voices

Have you bent those knees in prayer?

And regretted your flaws

Have you cried out in despair?

Because you’ve broken many laws

Have you asked for more time?

Do you have the intention?

No more to commit crime

And leave this life of tension

To this change are you committed?

To set your house in order

Can you be this farsighted?

Can you admit to your disorder?

No more falls and bruises

No more exaggeration

No more lame excuses

No more illegal medication

Can you come back from the brink?

And have a new beginning

No more drugs or drink

See your mother happy, grinning.