A Higher Power
Finding a God of Understanding
I believed what they taught
In my catholic school classes,
About being a good Christian,
treating others the way I’d like to be,
Until I saw this didn’t square with my reality.
The “good” Christian kids I hung out with
Treated me poorly at best most the time,
I turned the other cheek, what Jesus would do,
Just got more bruises on the other one, too,
I left for a world once considered taboo.
Drinking friends showed me the way
To respect each other and to be a real friend,
I didn’t count on the way I’d depend,
On the drinking, then drugs, to get through the day,
For me, there just wasn’t any other way.
I drank life with gusto, got high as a kite,
When it turned on me, and I couldn’t stop
Even when I tried with all my might,
A new spirituality entered my psyche
A Higher Power of understanding set me free.
