Valentine’s Day Massacre of My Broken Back

I can’t believe its already been 11 years

Since I woke up from lower back surgery in agony and tears

See they put me to sleep and under the surgeon’s knife

Not knowing it would drastically change the next eight years of my life

I woke up with screws, cages, rods, staples and all kinds of permanent hardware

And for the next few months of my life, learning to walk again and using a wheelchair

Then getting hooked on Methadone, Xanax, Oxycontin, Soma, Fentanyl, Demerol and Morphine

Its a miracle I can walk again, be a roughneck and be almost a year sober and clean