Drunk enough to believe anything

Drinking,

for the first time in a long time, 

 yet it couldn’t feel more familiar. 

Throwing back beer, shot, bottle, at a time.

 I had no preference, and it hardly mattered.

 so long as it went down quicker than my ghosts could surface. 

When I drank, I drank with such urgency that it would seem I found it imperative to my survival.

 It was. 

Intoxication made relieving the burden of the unsettled mind attainable, if only temporarily. . For a short time I could shallow out,  and make light of the misery and sorrow nested inside all compartments of my mind. 

Now I would have the capacity to drown out the sickness that had been long drowning me. 

But, I would lose this fight,  in the same way I had countless times.

Still, it is nice to dream.

Reviews

[Lost]

Captivating. So relatable. So melancholy. So beautifully you. I love the tragic hopelessness, the longing for an escape that will not come. Yet also the comfort & familiarity. It's like there is a dream of liberation, but a comfort in the pain, the resignation, the known territory that everything's still the same. Good. I like it here. Even as I hate. This is home. It's mine. I'm not going anywhere...

[koty bell]

amzing write awesome:))

[Rasputin]

I know where you went to write this poem. I've been there more times than I'd like to think about (if I could even remember half of those times).

[Oblivion]

capacity to drown out the sickness. Ah the way to deal. strong write

[Everett DeValle]

I Love Dark Poetry, when its done right...this is done right. I love the ending lines....

But, I would lose this fight/ in the same way I had countless times/
Still, it is nice to dream.

Its in that hopelessness, where dreams seems futile, yet an inkling of hope subsist. Excellent.

PoetTree, JUST ROCKS!

[Dream Weaver]

The inner struggle is apparent and yet sadly beautiful.
Nicely done...

[Reaching for the clouds]

This is fun to read..although its a bit sad in content too. You have an intelligent, creative style. I might just like it.

[khalid]

i really like the simple way you use to write. you dont look for any complex in your writings. i can say you write soinocently. it is easy but not many can do it.
nice dreams always

[Arielle Ann]

well I could connect with this a bit, maybe not much as you could...but its relieving to let the mind stop thinking for sometime,for a night at least...the taste, the flavor doesn't matter and you meant so well when you said- "so long as it went down quicker than my ghosts could surface. "..this was a strong and powerful write

[screamin'ian]

I like this very much. The speaker has no illusions, at least none I could detect.