EXODUS
Exodus from alcoholic slavery
Horrid mental anguish
Migratory misery
Esophageal firestorm
Compliments of a thirty year binge
Supernatural blight
Nightmarish infiltration
To pinpoint the precise moment
Inaugural initiation
Obstructed blurry view
Clouds my rapid downward spiral
An unsuspecting teen
Arrogance fueled by defiance
Fear controlled my intellect
Drunken full tilt spin
Blindly into darkness
Futile distilled asylum
Insensitive wild eyed disconnection
Numb pandemonium
Shameless social etiquette
As I stumbled down the rocky path to hell
Lightening bolts of clarity
Reminders of my neurotic past
Living life from day to day
Filled with gratitude
Ever cognizant
Of addictions deadly embrace
© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006
