Deep within the recesses of my minds eye

Lay the lies and the secrets, companions vaulted and unseen

My hopes, my dreams, my strife, my life

Concealed from the infiltrator’s spy

Waiting to be revealed at the foundation of vino’s curse

Depriving me of both fortune and pride

Now confined alone with only cryptic verse

to proclaim the bareness of my soul and unyielding thirst