when you come home

[constantine]

when you come home
show them who you are
leave no doubt
let them see it in your eyes
not bloodshot now
look mom it's your son
dad would be proud of who i've become
my brother and sister will welcome me
my son will have a father
these things and more will be there
when you come home
my enemies will be disappointed
my friends will slap my back
they will ask of my adventures
how i escaped death
oh how many times
i will tell them of depths unfathomed
i will teach them the trick of the labyrinth
i will dance the story of my life
they will serve me wine from italy
they will toast to my health
i will thank them for their generosity
for i am now an honorable man
that was all i ever wanted
that was what i could never attain
how i struggled to reach zero
how i faltered in the clutch
the tyranny of those hours
as my honor dripped down my sleeve
i'm coming home do you fucking hear me!
all you slickees on the corner
the rip offs and short cons
the good guys
that saw me coming and sharpened their claws
and laughed, how they laughed
i am invisible to them now
i am of a different species
i am reborn and rejuvenated
in this the time of the second coming
when i come home

[westcoast]

sic 'em!! feisty poem, friend.

~westie

[Doreen Peri]

yay dino!
you tell 'em, brotha!

(actually got tears in my eyes reading this)

i don't even know you very well but i'm very proud of you

[constantine]

thank you my kind and dear friends.