Getting High !!!!!!!!
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Loading ...Once I was feeling low,
So decided to get ‘high’.
I pulled up my socks,
Had Scotch ‘on the rocks’.
One peg led to the other,
Going from bad to worse.
The world seemed in a maze
I was lost in spirits and haze.
Free glasses with every bottle,
Fake friends were an ‘add-on’.
Drowning my sorrows with every sip,
Burning inside but pretending hip.
Then the reality dawned on me,
I kicked the bottle and ruminated.
Life itself is a cocktail of emotions.
With its ebbs and flows,
Like a roller-coaster ride.
I repented and cursed myself,
Throwing away the cloak of self-deception.
I stopped getting ‘high’,
And resolved to get ‘higher’ in life.
Dhananjay Sharma
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A very beautiful meaningful poem, indeed.
Nice movement in the poem from confusion to realization.
Liked immensely
The last 4 lines are fantastic in the context of the poem but feel like suggesting a small addition…
“I repented and cursed myself,
Then forgave myself with a promise &
Throwing away the cloak of self-deception.
I stopped getting ‘high’,
And resolved to get ‘higher’ in life.”
hard to describe...the journey has just begun....... Living in Pune and enjoying the great gift of LIFE
Dhananjay,
it seems to be common at some stage in life.
Well written episode resulting in self awareness. Flows to the conclusion,
liked it,
Gion
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dhananjay Reply:
July 4th, 2009 at 12:24 am
@Gion Gion, thanks….its common but definitely avoidable
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Gion Gion Reply:
July 4th, 2009 at 12:34 am
@dhananjay,
Dhananjay,
I know I cant get Grappa where I live and this is the only spirit I like!
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