Fruit Trees in Every Room

Here is a link to my YouTube channel, where you can find me reading my poetry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tpMDoNXg_U

Bowing to the vodka god,
I lived like a pleasure
seeking missile, propelled
toward all things ME.
Empty as a carcass.
Hungry as a desert.
I didn't see the
strawberry moon of
summer.
It was me and the
Ferryman, until the
river ran dry.
Eternal winter for
the soul.

And then

A revolution in my
being.
A total shift in
my values and
perception.
The Creator purchased
my dilapidated heart.
He moved in and lives
there still.

My home, on the outside
might look like
a shack to some, but inside
it's a mansion with the
most sublime bread you
ever tasted.
Fruit trees in every room.

Author's Note

Here is a link to my latest YouTube poetry reading. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tpMDoNXg_U
My books are available on Amazon. They are Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems, It's Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump to the Madhouse, and my latest book, Sleep Always Calls
#wwwthomaswcasecom

Reviews

[red93]

There is much rejoicing in Heaven when a sinner repents and turns to God. How many lives have I seen in ruins these last few years in Temporary Accommodation due to alcohol. You have turned it around Thomas and you are to be congratulated indeed. Exceptional ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you. I give Him all the thanks.

[John the Baptist]

The home here symbolizes the mind, I think. This poem recalls a renewing of the mind.

[Thomas W Case]

Yes, that's it. Thanks.

[John the Baptist]

Didn't pick up the Ferryman symbol at first. That has to be death.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I wouldn't mind having a few of those fruit trees.
As long as it was not forbidden fruit.
I am a bit too shy to wear a fig leaf.
j.

[Thomas W Case]

Lol. Thanks, my friend.

[Michael Sun Bear]

Oh Thomas! What a beautiful poem describing such a profound, beautiful shift in being. You reminded me here so much of Rumi. Please take that as high praise of both your writing and your inner work. MSB

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend.

[Laz K.]

a conversion. a soul saved. halleluiah, brother!

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend.