When friends have all abandoned the soul
and loved ones have decided to disown the heart
the outcast looks for refuge from his/her society
by escaping to a local bar searching for comfort.
Finding it in the potent taste of an intoxicating elixir
they delve their taste buds first into glasses of whiskey
preparing themselves for the numbness of their senses
that soon will follow the consumption of more alcohol.
Next, they move onto an even more dynamic liquid
exploring the dangerous combination of liquor and pills
while their thought of mind slowly spirals out of control
succumbing to the temptation of corruption by hopelessness.
Overwhelmed with insurmountable pain and heartache
these innocent victims become intertwined with this life of addiction.
© 2011, Jason Anderson
