My body aches My mind weary All I want is a rest A break from a reality that feels as though the world is laying on my shoulders Where standards feel as tall as the empire state building And I am reaching with all my might to get to the top My weary mind searching for peace tired of racing dodging and jumping around Trying to make itself happy is searching high and low for a reprieve From this reality of struggles The bottle on the shelf It knows my name all too well I've done well at ignoring it's calls before But it seems to be inching closer to me I can hear it's cries better than my own thoughts Most days and nights Like a mother's innate hearing for her child crying I hear it in the night as I sleep leaving me wide awake although I have gone days weeks months with out the taste of it on my lips The cries still reach my ears The taste is still on my tongue My energy is low And I don't know how much longer I can fight it My mind is weary and my body aches