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My loss of balance I blame on evolution I look around and see smoke in the air from pollution and my best friend's cigarette I see different eyes how they evolved into unique shapes and how both people still need to console themselves with their man made vices when i'm sober I can only think of the strong imprint of the smell of whiskey and the plans for its return so I go find my old hide away from the days sobriety didn't concern me and see it surrounded by thorns and feel it grown into the hillside As I scrape my ankles and sacrifice myself to these tiny threats I wonder if this old clubhouse represents what happened to me Am I cruel for the same reason the forest grows thorns? Though beautiful on the inside, we both want to keep the world out.
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Apr 8, 2014
Apr 8, 2014 at 10:04 PM UTC
Thorns on branches and hard liquor on tongues
My loss of balance I blame on evolution I look around and see smoke in the air from pollution and my best friend's cigarette I see different eyes how they evolved into unique shapes and how both people still need to console themselves with their man made vices when i'm sober I can only think of the strong imprint of the smell of whiskey and the plans for its return so I go find my old hide away from the days sobriety didn't concern me and see it surrounded by thorns and feel it grown into the hillside As I scrape my ankles and sacrifice myself to these tiny threats I wonder if this old clubhouse represents what happened to me Am I cruel for the same reason the forest grows thorns? Though beautiful on the inside, we both want to keep the world out.
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Apr 8, 2014
Apr 8, 2014 at 10:04 PM UTC
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