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Drowning In The Wealth Of Consumed Guilt
Left swallowing the oceans in their tides
This body can only hold as much as the flesh can take.
Slit wrists pissing out in a drip tray,
Draining the bad blood, left draining
Emaciation began within, beneath my shrink wrap skin
As I bash life against the rocks in my whiskey glasses.
Diluting the stream, reducing the inner deity
My soul is left cramped inside wrinkled personality,
I am none more but the strides I wade into.
Dry veins of sentences lead into paragraphs of epitaphs,
Angered at this place, at this human race,
Knuckle dusters cleaning clocks at face values.
This body can only hold as much as the flesh can take.
Slit wrists pissing out in a drip tray,
Draining the bad blood, left draining
Emaciation began within, beneath my shrink wrap skin
As I bash life against the rocks in my whiskey glasses.
Diluting the stream, reducing the inner deity
My soul is left cramped inside wrinkled personality,
I am none more but the strides I wade into.
Dry veins of sentences lead into paragraphs of epitaphs,
Angered at this place, at this human race,
Knuckle dusters cleaning clocks at face values.
Published 28th Mar 2022
Author's Note
I don't drink as much as I used to, not sober but more...controlled in my abuse. This is an old one though which I thought I should share
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29th Mar 2022 12:55pm
for a shorter piece this has so much imagery running through my mind throughout every line,
"Draining the bad blood, left draining
Emaciation began within, beneath my shrink wrap skin"
this image really made hollowness stand out in my mind and watching everything slowly tip away from ourselves
"As I bash life against the rocks in my whiskey glasses.
this evoked imagery of dealing with what pain throws at everybody in their daily lives,
six years ago i used to vacate a bar in london every weekend, there was a barfly that always sat there on saturday evenings throughout the night by himself watching everybody else while running his hands through his head and covering his ear with one hand, he always drank spirits too from what i saw,
anyway it made me think of him and i wonder what happened to him because that bar closed eventually
thank you for sharing this and it's good to see you around 🙂
i hope you're taking care of yourself out there kieron
-ethan
"Draining the bad blood, left draining
Emaciation began within, beneath my shrink wrap skin"
this image really made hollowness stand out in my mind and watching everything slowly tip away from ourselves
"As I bash life against the rocks in my whiskey glasses.
this evoked imagery of dealing with what pain throws at everybody in their daily lives,
six years ago i used to vacate a bar in london every weekend, there was a barfly that always sat there on saturday evenings throughout the night by himself watching everybody else while running his hands through his head and covering his ear with one hand, he always drank spirits too from what i saw,
anyway it made me think of him and i wonder what happened to him because that bar closed eventually
thank you for sharing this and it's good to see you around 🙂
i hope you're taking care of yourself out there kieron
-ethan
29th Mar 2022 3:23pm
Thanks, Ethan.
I hope the man you mentioned is ok, though sounds like he might have a lot on his mind. I used to run a Bar too,, not where my problems started but certainly didn't help. But had it's run of characters come through.
Anyway
I'm glad you enjoyed this!
I hope the man you mentioned is ok, though sounds like he might have a lot on his mind. I used to run a Bar too,, not where my problems started but certainly didn't help. But had it's run of characters come through.
Anyway
I'm glad you enjoyed this!
