it takes me away
that sweet liquid
a potion of human creation
we all know just how fierce it can be
warm and sudden
cold and lingering
we all know how it takes over
how it engulfs the mind and strains the blood
pushes the body past barriers
pulls the mind from the flesh
and turns the heart to fancies unspoken
you can temper it with ice
and hope the emotions will go frigid
or you can set it alight
the heat and flame of careless desire
like a wildfire in your veins
no matter how you take it
make it sweet
make it bitter
make it last
just make it one more
until your eyes blink helplessly beneath the relentless new day
the morning sun that calls you to life
and forces you to be human once more
but how sweet it was
to be drowned
the dregs of last night wrapped around you
pulsing behind your eyes
rolling around in your belly
tightening your skin beyond comfort
it takes you away
even after you curse it
and wish it weren't just the most lovely thing you've ever tasted
the most lovely thing you've ever allowed to destroy you
the most lovely thing you've ever
totally
given yourself to
with the complete knowledge
that it just doesn't care.
--A. Walczesky
4/22/14
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