"A Few Drinks..."
By My Sisyphean Journey
A few drinks mixed with caffeine to start the night’s festivities
A lil something to take the edge off before throwing on what feels like a straight jacket
With a collar as tight as the anxiety that consumes me
As I go to mount the bright and shiny on my coat I am confused
A unique residue on one side up by my shoulder
My metallic rank smeared and cloth with unknown
The pure disrespect
Until I remember
Remember the last time I wore this coat
It all came rushing back as to why
I was all buttoned up at the funeral
So many with thick make up tried to console me at my mothers loss
I wonder if they could have felt the reverberations in my hollow self
I was like a prim and proper GI Joe
Ornate on the surface
But no contents inside to note
Like a doll I was placed and sat not of my own will or desire
But because I had to play nicely
Thankfully this occasion for wear is to celebrate
To distract
To pretend life is paused for a moment
Cheers to another year
Cheers to as always running from my fear
My Sisyphean Journey is both photography and written works by an active duty Marine. You can follow him here.
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