A FISTFUL OF NOTHING

I AM DRAWN TO MANY THINGS 
IN THIS FLEETING LIFE 
MY EYES ARE AN OCEAN 
OF DESIRE.

I DARE NOT SAY NO 
TO THE CANDLE OF MY SOUL 
OR DARKNESS WILL SNUFF OUT 
ITS FIRE.

TO THAT WHICH IS BAD 
LIKE A MAGNET I CLING
AND THE SONGS OF PROBLEMS 
I REGRETFULLY SING.

THE GOOD IN LIFE IS NOT EASILY GRASP
O WHAT A REACHED MAN I AM
AS SIN LIKE A STREAM 
FLOODS MY PAST.

WILFORD BARKER.