It’s been awhile since I’ve had the time to blog. You get divorced, become a single parent, and the whole world changes. BUT I feel I finally have things pulled together enough to come back. I miss you!
I started a YOUTUBE channel where I basically just read my poetry. So much harder than I expected it to be… tongue gets twisted up in every direction possible.
I hope you subscribe because it is just the first step in something very exciting my daughter will be doing later. Enjoy !
Getting sober is the best thing I did for my depression.
I feel myself dangling
Hung from my ankles
Unable to rise above
A rag doll with eyes
Watching the spinning
Colors mixing, swirling
Combining into night
And then it comes to life
Dragging itself closer
Shrouding me, holding me
Suffocating me in its belly
And I close my eyes
Giving myself to sleep
As my consciousness absorbs
All my intoxicated blood
Siphoning all my hurts
And then multiplying them
Into an incomprehensible pain
Causing me to pull the next
Pretty bottle of escapism
From my shelf stocked full
HASTYWORDS 
You about summarized why many people drink or turn to the bottle once it’s become a habit. I loved these lines:
“Siphoning all my hurts
And then multiplying them
Into an incomprehensible pain”
I think some of us that drink (I prefer red wine) do so to unwind and relax. But, it often becomes a crutch and once it does, it’s hard to “escape the escapism.”
Beautiful poem!
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thank you so much 🙂
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The trap couldn’t be clearer. Thank you, Hasty.
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Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
Hasty writes the essence of a trap so very well.
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Fabulous share. Powerfully written. Exotically impactful
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This is powerful. 🙂
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Nice…..Real nice.
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Amazing.. brave… beautiful.. xo
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Wow! Wonderful description of addiction… love the last part: Siphoning all my hurts, And then multiplying them, Into an incomprehensible pain, Causing me to pull the next, Pretty bottle of escapism. I know this feeling, this pain multiplying and relieved only by continuing. Glad to be out of that deadly cycle ❤
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I deeply need to address that drinking problem too, you are inspiring me!
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Reblogged this on crjen1958 and commented:
My poetry teacher….
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