I can Taste the Pain

Link to my YouTube channel, where I read my poetry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e94HWJFG9Y

There is a road to
sorrow.
The pain is palpable.
It involves
drugs, booze, and
bad women.
It ends with
life under a bridge.
There are lots of
hospitalizations.
It's hell on earth.
Seizures and sickness.
Love was my
haven, but I lost it.
I left ME behind.

Author's Note

On my YouTube channel, I post poetry readings, golf and fishing videos, and the occasional interview. This link is to an interview I did with The Order of the Pen Magazine.

My books are available on Amazon.

Reviews

[Michael Sun Bear]

You write so well the truth, the pain, the sorrow when one’s life goes completely awry through all the bad choices we make. I applaud your honesty and I know much of that road, though my path, thank the Lord, did not end with me living under a bridge. Well said Thomas.

[Thomas W Case]

Much appreciated, my friend.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I spent years so close to the street I could taste it...I had left me behind...but eventually was able to get me back before that bridge came up and hit me in the eye.
j.

[Thomas W Case]

Good deal. I have 3 years sober now.

[RomaJ]

The road of sorrow you describe..through addiction, loss, and the harshest realities..is raw and immersive. I admire how you allow the reader to feel the depth of that struggle, while the echoes of love as a haven remind us that even in darkness, connection and memory persist. It’s both haunting and human, a glimpse into resilience through pain.
..Roma

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

[Desert Knave]

A good deal of pain seems to run through this one. My time living in a car was brief, but its scars still show. Nicely done. ~Jim

[Thomas W Case]

Much appreciated, my friend.

[John the Baptist]

This one is part confession, part advice. If it is autobiographical, Thomas, you have been to hell and back. Really glad you are back and writing so well.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend. Much appreciated.

[red93]

You are out the other side Thomas, that's the main thing, hopefully never to go back to that lifestyle. Smoking in one's everyday life doesn't screw you up like the bottle, and you can smoke and still live a clean life. This is a powerful statement to look back on now you are reborn ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Thomas W Case]

Absolutely. Thank you, my friend.

[Jansy]

Thomas,

I can taste every grain of gravel on that road. You write it without ornament, just raw truth -and that’s what makes it hit harder. The pain, the loss, the self left somewhere between a bottle and a heartbeat. Brutal, human, and painfully honest. You didn’t just write it, you bled it.

-James☆

[Thomas W Case]

Much appreciated. Thank you.

[Neville]

This has got that certain ouch factor Thomas .. so very ragged & real .. write on sir .. poetry needs you .. Neville
😎👍

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much, my friend.

[Soren]

A poem from the street and past living life on the rough side. It speaks with grite and life

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend. I appreciate you.

[Soren]

You are most welcome

[Chris Shaw]

A painful reality for some. Addictions are hell for the addicted, the consequences devastating for family and friends too. You describe that so well here Thomas. A heavy read.

Chris

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, Chris. I appreciate it.