A sweet escape.
That’s all I need.
A swig, a shot,
Or rather to drown out the misery

Let me swim in this liquor
Let my vision grow hazy, unclear
So that then I can leave reality
Escape every fear

Little did I know though
I escaped in more ways than desired
Leaving reality to limitless boundaries
I abandoned my life entirely

Blankly staring, gawking, I hover
over that stiff, pale corpse
Frozen. Halted.
Swallowed by remorse

My wish, my desire desperately I yearned
To escape reality.
To escape my sorrows.
To escape from lessons to be learned.

Death slapped me across the face
Mocking, laughing
Irony had a bitter taste to it
Graciously presenting me the sweet escape I’d been asking
for.