I've had too much to drink today by Precious

I've had too much to drink today The haze of smoke blurs the edges of my deepest musingand leads my mind to wonderLike a restless travelerThese songs I ruminate on arethe blood curling around my ribsechoing stories I don’t want to hearof a beautiful ingenue I once knewOne I feel, I am losingIn the dead of morning I sleep in silenceBut I can still feel the hum of the starsrepositioning themselves in my skyHow was I an ingenue at seventeenEyes wide open to endless possibilitiesand then-hollowed out.Just smoke and shadows at 23?Will they still want me??When the afterglow fades from my skinwhen the bruises of timebegin to show their colors in scarsWill I still want me when i’m ancient and listless???my youth slipping through my fingerslike blood once didfrom my veins so many moons agofingers that once held the future of the worldcoming to rest one last time.- PreciousMore from Precious ↓@precious_poetry101 on Instagram Mentioned in this episode:Write After with One Poem OnlyWrite After is a way to encourage poets to listen and write, and use National Poetry Month to highlight how listening to poetry makes us better poets. I know I write the best when I’m surrounded by beautiful poetry–it’s part of the reason I created this podcast, and I want to encourage others to share this practice. If you want to join: Listen to a poem from the month of April on One Poem Only, then write your own in response. I will pick one for each day to read in June for a special series: One Poem After 🍎🍏 Submissions close May 15.Write After Submissions Form