Mea Culpa

Dawn and drunk
the clouds fade away
the sunbeams hit my face
revealing the horizon

The shore uncovers the drifter
the jungle wakes up with a roar
seagulls flirt with the cresting waves
announcing a new day

The genie is out of the lamp
the prisoner has been released
the treasure discovered
my soul, recovered

Tied and tangled
spider and web
dizzy and stupid
rum and percocet

I open my eyes
wide, like the oceans
I sail through the coffee shop
in the endless cigarette
my hand and heart have reclaimed my words
the world, awake and alive
waits...

Too late to go back
too soon to guess
the ticket has been bought
fate flies and flips in the air
like a one dollar coin
... and yet, I know it all now

As the sunlight hits the paper
and the wet ink sparkles all the lies
as the spotlight and the mirror
refract my dreams in decaf
and I take the road back
for I feel forgiveness
mea culpa
and back to where I belong
where my face hits the horizon
and a sunbeam reveals your face
and in this cloudy dawn
my drunkenness fades away.