The one good thing about hell
Was that Stephen wished me well
And could see the light underneath
The ghost with the sheet
Around her head
(You know the one I got from the bed)
In the place with no name
Because the memory brings shame
Upon my family
So I’m not allowed to mention it, we
Did it, it was a collective decision
And I risk their derision
If I reveal
That I feel
Just fine
About my time
In St. Pat’s mental institution
It was some kind of a convolution
In my degree
Why does life have me down on one knee
Proposing to a saint
In the colour of blood that I paint
As it runs down the frame
Of the place that brought me pain