A drop of dripping sweat
Of the years of toil in vain
A drop of a drying tear
For the years of silence
A drop of ethereal wine
Intoxication of madness
A drop of fresh wound blood
Of repressed anger and hate
A drop of darkest poison
Of bitterness fermented
A drop of saccharine syrup
The gullibility of ignorance
And a drop of mystery
Of unrequited open ends
Nicely churned and heated
In the flames of life's trials
And there you have it
Recipe for a true poem!
Of the years of toil in vain
A drop of a drying tear
For the years of silence
A drop of ethereal wine
Intoxication of madness
A drop of fresh wound blood
Of repressed anger and hate
A drop of darkest poison
Of bitterness fermented
A drop of saccharine syrup
The gullibility of ignorance
And a drop of mystery
Of unrequited open ends
Nicely churned and heated
In the flames of life's trials
And there you have it
Recipe for a true poem!
