Altered States ~

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Altered States

Altered states lie
Waiting
Around the bottle’s rim
Seductive
Visions of grandeur without parallel
Mock the voice of reason with each bitter sip
Liquid courage
sublimates rage, while enhancing its expression
Ignorance served on the rocks
Inflated ego sated
Conscience relegated to white noise
Reality seen from the bottom of a glass
shields not only the mind from pain’s far reaches,
bars as well the touch of love
Altered states lie waiting, they are but one choice -
Choose life instead.

© 2006 manga_kate

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