Looking back on a time whenI was young and aliveSelf destructive and reckless yetSomehow I survivedEndless parties that started onlyWhen you arrivedFuelled on excess drink and poisons Of which you thrivedMy own life didn't begin Until I contrivedTo divest myself of you And not feel deprivedThose memories not happyBut filled with heartacheLost youth that was wastedOn you- my misguided … Continue reading Surviving Youth