Beginning one before finishing the last

poem about *unwittingly* entering into a new relationship that spawned romantic feelings, without fully having processed the previous one...

The end of one, the beginning of another, how much time should elapse?

No precise number, the filling of the void, tread carefully so as to not rush hastily

Only to find oneself, confused, fragile, spewing neuroses with a certain charm

Recovery, doubly as hard

Not one but two

Embarrassment and pain

Drank myself into categorical pain.

Alcoholic being my category.

No space between the next and the last

No need for a bridge, I have alcohol

This transition was no transition and in fact

I see the bridge, old, unkept, gaping holes, condemned

It’s amazing how we may not even know, or how far removed we can be

Or how we think what we learned in one context will necessarily transfer to another one

Chasing the pleasure, regardless of consequences, cues maintaining the attraction

They put a billboard up that showed people drinking and having fun

And after all this, the pain, the confusion, the despair, hurt feelings...

Im feeling good today.

But Guess what?

I’m walking to the store to get a beer.

While I believe in responsibility,

I try not to forsake human fragility.

Cues, cues, cues...

External, external, external,

My proper judgements based...

My proper judgment abased..

Cues, cues, cues,

Internal, internal, internal.

What ever happened to my ability to choose..

Whatever happened to my ability to choose..

Whatever happened..

Happened..

Whatever.

W.

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Reviews

[Nothing Personal]

I absolutely love this poem. There are two chapters or rather two parts. The first part is meticulous and detailed, poetry with enough lines, packed words and absolutely perfect essence of emotional wrath. I felt drinking was a way to overcome heartbreak and smoothen the transition between two unsuccessful relations.

The second part was even more delightful. Its like the language of the mind or the consciousness. The repetitiveness makes it effective. and then the message gets heavier and nauseated and drowned ..Perfect end..

Really Great Write..

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

This is powerful work. You've given us a glimpse into a
world that many of us do not wish to admit exists..or
simply even understand. The grand effect of this poem
is in its simplicity and truth. Bravo.

[KAREN]

Drinking is a bad habit, strong power poem once again!!