POWER

guess i am going to need some
by any means neccessary


i'm a general of sorts in my head
pacing the halls of the locked psych ward
back hurting too much to do anything but keep moving
thinking
waiting the last few minutes before the shot
that will let you settle back
and draw
talk
forget the Pain for four hours or less

coming down from delusions more exciting
than distresssing...
though I see those sobering moments
coming in the future
when I will sit down and wonder,
"MY god, what have I done?"

can't scare anyone
with my wild ambitions
the shrink will think I am too crazy to release
if I start babbling about how I may have stumbled
onto a way of compiling a new bible

I don't like keeping secrets though I do
and this is one of those times
got four aces still
but this is a game with cheats
so it is possible someone has five aces.


i sleep and dream of a world flowing out of fingers
from everywhere on the planet
bringing together all the tales of prophets
in one book that forgives all
and brings peace
to the forgotten and abused.







All writings by John Scott Ridgway are protected by the law... but I encourage you to spread my poems by whatever means necessary. One day you will understand.