I remember this place
It has an all too familiar taste
This is where that chase
Hit its peak
And that love I was trying to seek
Ended being a hole where I would sink
An abyss that changed me
A free-fall
That lasted for eternity
A pain that stirred the beast, Creativity
And I still taste the 5 tequila shots I took
When I saw her here
All those years ago
All those fears ago
All those souls ago . . .
Back when I had a different kind of ego
In that moment
I drowned the boy
With booze and salty drops from his eyes
And I told myself whatever lie
I needed to survive
That, plus a lot of wine and time
And that’s how I arrived here
On my fourth beer
The man of the year
The man who in a year
Changed his eyes
From looking like he wanted to die
To something like
Happy to be alive
How’d I do it?
Well,
I let go.
CH 12/20/23
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