Walking the Black Dog

I beat myself up all the time

How do I report the crime

Shadow boxing with a mime

Hook and sinker fishing line

Same old story different rhyme

I catch myself and intertwine

Melodies make the black light shine

And the dogs of night retreat this time

It knows which way I'm walking

With leash in mouth, it begs again

The black dog bites my offered hand

I find myself at the starting line

Same old story different rhyme

I catch myself and intertwine

Melodies make the black light shine

And the dogs of night retreat this time

I'm falling off that horse again

Get up on it, kick my shin

I take a breath but it sucks me in

I've learned this same old lesson

Same old story different rhyme

I catch myself and intertwine

Melodies make the black light shine

And the dogs of night retreat this time