Life goes through many fluctuations

Each peak has a valley, Each wave has a dip

Joy moving to sadness and back again

This time I thought it would be different

Thinking that I had outrun the pain of the past

Finally moving forward,

But in actuality going nowhere

Once again, stuck in the bottle

Looking out but no one looking in

In the cold... wrapped around myself

The harsh reality a slap in my face

I am alone

-CMA 1/8/96