Thursday, November 13, 2014

Weightless Whisky Bottles

I am beginning to realize
I am not the sum of all my dreams.
And I’m hoping that these stones that I am swallowing
Somehow don’t drown me.
You can watch while my soul gets lost
Between god and a bottle of scotch.
Keeping afloat by
Creating clouds beneath my feet.
Rising on promises I hope I can survive to see.
Trying to find a definition of a man
That falls somewhere on a word between
Disappointment and defeat.
Success looks more to me like the promenade of death
And when I look down at my hand
It is grasped by a ghost of me.
It’s funny when I think
It’s what I’ve always been
A man that’s neither here nor there
Far better to remember than to look upon.
I’m finding these weightless whisky bottles
However empty they may be

Always seem to bury me.