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[ Spiritual ] Alcoholic Synonymous

        
Life being a poem        
one constantly revises        
        
---you shelve the manuscript        
insisting there is little          
more to say on the subject        
seemingly having exhausted        
avenues of improvement        
         
crumple and toss it away        
out of frustration over        
meeting expectations        
         
or keep at it        
deliberately writing daily        
about what brings you joy        
         
until it is no longer littered with        
words, lines and stanzas        
that don't        
         
You think destiny        
is out of control        
         
God ignores prayers        
         
the Universe doesn't
give a shit about          
your wants in particular          
         
You think this       

and you thought that  
 
because you['ve] never        
fully embraced the verses        
were voiced by you alone---  
        
telling yourself otherwise        
telling yourself lies        
unable to stop yourself        
         
much in the manner of  
drinking, we're all alcoholics        
drunk on our own convictions        
         
until we sober up        
become more discriminating        
in how we wish to feel        
         
Partake in better spirits          
from the wine rack of personal  
realities you define        
         
Happiness in the moment    
truly is something we can  
all raise a wine glass to    
     
 
Written by JohnnyBlaze
Published | Edited 30th Jul 2020
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