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Written with sorrowful memories of the war taking
place inside the one I loved ~ through his perspective


I spent time with a friend in a low place
but that friendly face become a blur 
when the frown of Jesus stared back at me
from the bottom of an empty bottle 
With head in tremblilng hands, I groaned
realizing my life was upside down 
and that 'friend,' my wife, had left me all alone 

Remembering that phone conversation
when I said, "You left me. I can't hold you any more." 
I cringed when she replied,"You left me each time
you raised a bottle to your lips."
I couldn't argue with her. She was right.

I take the blame for this weakness I despise
Hate knowing I put the tears in her eyes.
It's not easy to always be misunderstood
but no one knows the dept of my darkness
So don't preach to me about what I've done wrong    
I know the words. I used to sing that song.

I've weathered times when I was cold as ice
Been rained upon beneath darkened skies
Shivered while trying to find my way home
and swore I'd change the way I live my life
Then I surrendered to the thirst, in sacrifice

Drowning in an ocean, lost in waves of doubt
only fortifified in depths beyond the shallows 
where I fill a bottle with hundred proof brine 
It's the elixir I call 'My besotted self-defense'
I'm fighting a war within riddled thoughts
and it's already cost me the love in her heart
I'm hoping one day I'll find peace of mind
and lay down the shield of my armament
The weapon in a bottle that I can't live without

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