#liquor poems on Hello Poetry

Love Dec 2016

Tea

I have replaced my liquor with hot herbal tea,
the lines on my skin with lines on the paper,
my razor blade with a pencil,
and this time I'm not using the sharp metal end as something destructive.

I've came a long way in the past 2 years and an even longer way this past 3 months.

#depression #anxiety #recovery #liquor

Melissa Banks Dec 2016

Numb Prayers

I pray you won't like your first sip of alcohol,
That it burns your throat and swells your eyes.
I pray it makes you gag and that you hate it
Because maybe if it's painful,
You won't use it to ease pain.
Maybe if it makes you cringe,
You won't use it to numb your mind.

I pray you won't develop a relationship with tequila,
That's stronger than your bonds with friends.
I pray you'll stop drinking when your head buzzes,
That you won't let your guard down
Because maybe you won't go home with random men
Who will do nothing for you
Except pour drinks down your throat.

I pray men don't take advantage of you,
That you won't black out on Monday nights
And wake up in strangers' beds.
I pray you won't shrug it off like it's nothing,
Because it's not.
I pray you won't fill voids with liquor
Because maybe then you'll start to feel complete.

#addiction #alcohol #hope #letter #emptiness #liquor #prayers

Jennifer West Oct 2016

Drunk Love

Stolen kisses in the dark,
Words laced with liquor,
Tipsy love striking hearts,
Wishing tonight will last forever.

#love #kiss #drunk #heart #alcohol #kisses #loving #liquor #tipsy #drunken

Alicia Jul 2016

An "as if" Poem

as if burning liquor was not enough, you used the sun to destroy me
 as if you forgot it was the hottest weapon we could understand, there you sat me
 as if you didn’t recall I was terrified of each shadow that it created  
as if it would be easier to drown me in the dark as if you knew the light would be too much for me to handle
 as if you forgot I was much stronger than that  as if you knew the struggle would be more punishing than the victory  
as if burning liquor was not enough, you used the sun to destroy me  
a.m

much more powerful spoken than read

#sun #dark #shadow #liquor

DaSH the Hopeful Jul 2016

The Ever Elusive Big Buzz

My artistic tendencies have been asleep
Wake me up
Confetti coming when the cake is cut
Make sure to rake it up
Taking puffs to feel the same only made my visions change
Still mixing liquor, rain and other liquids To **** the pain
Plain paper bag with the key to life inside it
Problem being I only conceptualize it when Im high
Trip and fall and lose altitude
The earth is coming fast
I'm bout to hit rock bottom still praying my high will last

#love #life #living #drugs #fun #high #liquor #bottom #elusive #buzz

Dimitri Hillewaert Jul 2016

Resource

for years I searched for new paths
  as if the only thing that really mattered
    was to get elsewhere as soon as possible

this shoreless thirst connects
    my little matter
                           with my oceans of dream

           everything breathes solvability

     and my mind creeps up
      only those walls that
          I cannot handle
      and lurks like an owl
       through your woods

over here you don't drink coffee
without some liquor

the temple was built
for naked dancers

and this love is my resource

my resource for some divinity

#love #dance #coffee #woods #path #divinity #liquor #temple #elsewhere

Pauline Morris Jun 2016

Liquor

The liquor has taken over
I don't ever want to be sober
The view from this side is not the same
On this side everything looks sane
It takes a twisted view, to accepte this life
To have the strength to endure the strife
Just leave me on the steps of intoxication
It's the only way I can deal with my situation

#drunk #situation #liquor

alasia May 2016

Just a Sip

I want to get drunk and love you, I want to hold on to you tightly like my grip on a pint, I want my rose coloured glasses to take on a blurry film because you started to shatter my lenses. You're coming through loud and clear and if I don't love you now I fear I never will. So I'll take a swig and pour you a glass chug my ***** with a chase of your body and perhaps all your flaws will become beautiful again. I want to get drunk and let my feelings spill off my tongue until the only way to shut me up is to kiss me. I want to be drunk when you tell me you "love" me, or that I'm "the one", because lies taste sour and the tequilas gone so what's the use. Your bitter affection tastes sweet when it's swallowed after *** and a twisted tea is better than a twisted heart so let's get drunk and fall back in love for a bit, when we wake up hungover we'll wait until we're sober and then we'll fight again. Take my word, you'll need a shot, because when I'm leaving you'll wish I were drunk so I would love you.

Yup.

#love #empty #flaws #beauty #sober #drinks #liquor #***** #***** #***

l i z a May 2016

Untitled

i hate waiting around for confirmation when i know what’s about to come
i’m just sticking around to see if i should come out to be the wrong one

each time, each and every time i turn out right, i hate myself for it more each time.
could’ve saved myself from the hurt, could’ve saved myself from the pain
instead i give myself a shot from playing the waiting game. each time i lose the same.

god the disappointment feels so good when saturated with liquor
i drop anti-depressants for this bottle of chardonnay cuz it works quicker
again they say it aint a solution, well hon, i beg to differ
life’s a ***** and yet here im feeling like a winner.

#pain #alcohol #hurt #past #disappointment #losing #liquor #solution