Sobriety

Sobriety is:
 the "spice of life".
Without wine... 
(despite trying to imply delight)
 it cuts me like a butchers knife
That warm fuzzy feeling
 becomes benign, and then...
that bite... .
Trying to analyze, 
compromise, 
then deny; 
it's all right
I have come to dislike, 
rather than admire
 its disguise
Does it coincide
 with the bile 
that climbs up and flies?
Or, does it
 cry to be baptized
 and entwined with delight?
What a plight........    
I must comply,
and not be enticed
 by a fight 
rife with strife...
Because, 
without wine....
To be reminded..that
I'll be alright.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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