You have to stop

Those angry words with venom full

Slithering so easy from your lips

To my ears and through my brain

Just like they did when I was young

You have to stop

Demanding time retract its pull

Wearing your misery like a watch and chain

Made heavier by that ticking clock

That once seem to you to linger at midday

I have to stop

Trying to pull you from the river of rage

You treat it like a pleasure cruise

Tossing you my life vest that you ignore

Just like you did when I was young