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    Offshoots from the Narrowing Straight
    Offshoots from the Narrowing Straight
    Offshoots from the Narrowing Straight
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    Offshoots from the Narrowing Straight

    By Kevin M Welsh

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    A tree there stands, whose virtue seen is only part of that unrevealed.
    The green a vibrant, temporary cloth...
    The bark an ever present shield...
    Yet, unmanifest belie the fundamental roots within the encumbering earth concealed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateDec 1, 2010
    ISBN9781456825560
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      Offshoots from the Narrowing Straight - Kevin M Welsh

      Time, Patience And Respect

      A tree there stands, whose virtue seen is only part of that unrevealed.

      The green a vibrant, temporary cloth…

      The bark an ever present shield…

      Yet, unmanifest belie the fundamental roots within the encumbering earth concealed.

      So silently did I speak to myself… that I could not hear.

      My thoughts strayed and scattered in that very place,

      Where I kept them taut confined… that I should not think…

      Lest I emerged from the security of my cocoon, so deftly spun and wrought with fear.

      As yet, my long sought freedom from this independent cage

      Of truth, borne on the topmost branch of the verdant form…

      On which potential fails… for want of empathy and content…

      Is fettered to the withering, mottling, decaying foliage of my muted and unmentioned rage.

      In faith, ’tis fair to say, that… the upper reaches of the tree

      Are many offshoots from the narrowing straight…

      Which bend and twist and turn in unity with the myriad ‘you’ . . .

      Whose declining, deadening leaves bedeck the radiating roots of the stagnant ‘me’.

      Time engenders change… that which is so tentatively defined,

      And Patience endures… as the slowness of the extending bough.

      Respect reveres the bud… as essential as the scented flower.

      All incessantly abundant within the entwining essence of the mellowed mind.

      There stands a tree, whose virtue seen is only part of that unrevealed.

      The green a vibrant, temporary cloth…

      The bark an ever present shield…

      Now, manifest lie the fundamental roots within the nurturing earth concealed.

      Drunk Or Sober

      Drunk,

      Bitter, Paranoid,

      Hating, Crying, Dying,

      Failure, Enemy… . Friend, Achiever

      Loving, Laughing, Living,

      Mild, Confident,

      Sober.

      Alcohol As A First Choice

      Normal… Family… Friends… Love… Respect… Happy… Work… Money… Hobbies…

      Shopping… Cinema… Nightlife… Holidays Celebration… Chilled… Free… Laughing…

      Energy… Fun… Cool… Pleasure… Warmth… Easy… Enjoyment… Control… Pride…

      Good Times… Outgoing… Freedom… Hopes… Dreams…

      Alcohol

      Relaxed… Free… Laughing…

      Alcohol…

      Dreams…

      Alcohol…

      Energy… Fun… Cool… Anxiety… Fears… Doubt…

      Alcohol…

      Pleasure… Warmth… Easy… Forget…

      Alcohol…

      Bored… Problems… Anger…

      Alcohol…

      Restless… Anxiety…

      Alcohol…

      Booze… Habit… Broke… Debt… Regret… Confused…

      Alcohol…

      Lie… Cheat… Beg… Steal… Guilt… Shame… Lonely…

      Alcohol…

      Forgetful… Cope… Need… Booze… Enemies…

      Alcohol…

      Horrors… Nightmares… Agony… Addicted… Disgust…

      Alcohol…

      Alcohol…

      Shakes… Sweats… Sick… Vomit…

      Alcohol…

      Alcohol…

      Haunted… Torment… Panic… Abnormal…

      Alcohol…

      Alcohol…

      Depressed… Jealous… Paranoid… Hopeless…

      Alcohol…

      Alcohol…

      Alcohol…

      Pains… Fits… Hallucinations… Madness…

      Alcohol…

      Alcohol…

      Alcohol…

      Homeless… Hated… Alone… Despair…

      Alcohol… Alcohol… Alcohol… Alcohol… Alcohol…

      The Truth About Alcohol Addiction

      Once I drank because I was happy and glad…

      But look at me now… I’ve become so sad.

      Once I drank to experiment…

      But I’ve experienced so much torment.

      I had a job, my wealth I flaunted…

      But now for my poverty I am taunted.

      My work was poor, for I was always tired,

      And then one day I was told I was fired.

      I once worked well, my performance was slick…

      Now I spend my mornings being sick.

      I drank for courage, to be brave…

      Now I’m so scared… and it’s alcohol I crave.

      I drank sociably with others… defended their rights…

      But then with them I got into fights.

      When I drank to appear cool…

      People thought I acted a fool.

      I wanted to make friends with ease…

      But all I have made is enemies.

      I only wanted to be accepted…

      But in the end I was rejected.

      I drank with others… their company I enjoyed…

      And yet I have become paranoid.

      I also found that I’ve become lonely,

      And isolated from others… ‘just me’ only.

      That others can see through me is no surprise,

      Because I’ve become bad at telling lies.

      I might not think their hurt is just,

      But I face it now… I’ve lost their trust.

      Once of others’ help I was grateful…

      Now I’m angry and I have become hateful.

      I drank to relieve anxiety… and not to fret…

      But now

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