Drinking again..
Drinking again…
2022 is almost done and she wasn’t a good year. I lost good people and my world became more empty. I have my grandchildren, they keep me from running away to no-where. I dreamed of no-where when the whiskey is strong.
No-where would be the quiet of Port Austin, Michigan or Monterey, California.
I feel forgotten and I don’t care. All I have is my writing. I need to publish some books before I am dead. Maybe travel to South American. Write a great novel.
My writing is alive. I wrote 460 new stories and poetry in 2022. Tonight I am drinking the Black Velvet, listening to the sweet jazz, remembering no-one and I am writing into my journal tonight.
“I need Jazzy songs, I need the tropical sea, I need spicy food and a kind woman.
The whiskey is tasting better, the jazz is so damn good.
the strong whiskey make my head less crazy, less hazy.
Now I write old man poetry. Once I wanted to save my world.
Now I want to save myself.
I ain’t seeking pity, I dug my own grave. No-one to blame.
I know we can’t stop time, you can’t run away.
We just become men, accepting less.”
2023 will be coming and I will attempt to awake my sleeping mind. I will try to stir my soul to awake again. Maybe the rhyme of life is fair. We get older, the whiskey will taste better and we will need less.
Dancing Coyote
You bring joy and happiness, daydreams and nightdreams to your readers with your poetry. Your love shines out of your grandchildren’s faces. The music and the whiskey hit your soul and give you inspiration, soul searching and thoughts on life. Stay strong and positive, keep writing.
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Hello dear Dawn and thank you for reading and the kind words.
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What a melancholy piece. I love it.
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Thank you dear Nicole. I became like my grandfather. Every night at eight, two shots of whiskey and watch the sun fall into the west. I do like the drinking songs. They take me back to my Army days.
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This whole piece is beautiful.. I feel this… thank you š
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Thank you dear Aphrodite smiles. I appreciate the comment.
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‘We get older, the whiskey will taste better and we will need less.’
Beautifully put!
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I agree my friend. With old age, the whiskey taste better and we want less. Thank you for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.
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Stay strong and keep writing, my friend.
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Thank you Patrick.
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