If you ask him for a name
if you ask him for his thoughts
if you ask him for his game
and the battles he has fought
if you watch him do his deeds
if he shows you his demise
would you pick up all his seeds
and allow them all to rise
if he shows you his darkness
if he shows you your grief
would you stand with him in sadness
and give him your beliefs
if all he knows is his life
if all his truth is his way
would you want to be his wife
and stand him every waking day
another day goes by
another plastic syringe
another mad hatter's tea
and cigarette burns
if he tells you his name
if he tells you his thoughts
if he tells you his game
and showed the chaos that he brought
if he gives you his deeds
and trusts you with his demise
if he asks you to plant his seeds
would you advise him to be wise
when he shows you his darkness
will you lighten up his life
when he tells you of his madness
will you trust him with a knife
will you change him to be better
if all his truth is his way
will you cut him to be wiser
or by him, quietly stay
another year goes by
with all the syringe
of penny royal tea
and powder burns
if he can't escape his life
would you bother to ask him why
would you still want to be his wife
even though you know you'll cry
another Christmas comes
and no more syringe
no penny royal tea
as his casket burns
-Orville “chubby” Basas-
