Gin or Tonic, Both

Gin or Tonic, Both

When I get weak and the future’s color’s bleak

I return to seek the sleek elixir that raises me to peak

Moods that destroy and then push euphoria to the fore

Reaching extremes you’ll see the Devil and God at war

But this is a very earthly core

There’re those in the middle which can be a bore

Or down thru’ the floor into the abyss and they’ve missed

Others into the high and they never return for they’ve been dissed

But I find my bedrock and the scars on my chin to this attest

I rise with that pain and it keeps me sane in this life’s contest

Fight within me bouncing between extreme

I hear the metallic screams made possible by this meme

So many have gone this way before and their sound remains

Others have never tried and they’ve no sound only remains

The choice is yours to walk the sidewalk

Or dance down the street to your own song and that’s no cakewalk