Bradford Middleton- Three Poems

POINT OF NO RETURN

The drinking got me writing again

And man do I need to vent

Cos life right now truly sucks

The job is at its worst with threats

From bosses and me contemplating a big move

Back to London for better or worse

But I can’t go back

Not enough money for a start

And where would I live?

In a hovel just as bad, if not worse, than here

This rented room is a nightmare

Full of jobs to be done or possibly just give up

Either get used to living in this dump

Or get out for good

Out to the suburbs for another rented room

Which I can grow used to just in time to move on again

KEEPING ALIVE (THE BATTLE OF MOTHER NATURE)

The sun is hurting my eyes

But it’s the only thing keeping me warm

Because when the wind and rain return or

Night time falls it really makes

It a struggle just to stay in and be warm

This is 21^st century living on the coldest of days

Not enough money to keep me warm

So I have to use the warmth of the sun

To stop me from freezing to death

In the battle of Mother Nature

HARD TIMES

When times are hard I find it easy

As I’ve never had it any other way

Hard times are difficult for some

Especially those who’ve had it all

But me, I’ve never had anything

Outside of my beer and my food

And those narcotics I need

I really don’t need anything else

Just a roof over my head and some

Pennies for my heater

Hard times aren’t good times

Like some would have you believe

They are just easier to deal with

If you started out with nothing

Like I do and always will

This isn’t how life is meant to be lived

But at the bottom it’s always easier

To own nothing at all

As at least then you ain’t got anything to lose

When the times get hard again