Sinister blue vine
In the jungle of your mind
Reaching out to pull you in
Drag you down to blues again.
Sinister blue vine.
I am ashamed
To feel so bad
When life's all right
And things are fine.
Still sometimes sadness
Smothers me
Like a wicked jungle vine--
A sinister blue vine.
It grabs and grips you
On your path
And pulls you off
Your daily way.
It wraps you in
Its greasy branches
Sinks you, drowns you
In quicksand day.
Sinister blue vine
In the jungle of your mind
Reaching out to pull you in
Drag you down to blues again.
Sinister blue vine.
Grab a machete
Cut and slash
Rip away that awful vine
Find that path
Too feeling fine.
Damn that sinister blue vine.
hans ostrom 2023
