Escaping

Escaping This bitter taste couldn’t be so sweet Trying to escape the reality of this place. We continue to fight through day and night In these terrible conditions The most to look forward to is the effects of the elixir. No one truly enjoyed being here But the war must be fought. Once in the war you can’t escape it. The reality of the war follows like a shadow Come time to relax Alcohol became an oasis. Enough to take the mind away Even gives a sense of gracefulness. This drink flows like a waterfall The potency strong enough to temporarily Wash away the troubles of combat. The men take a swim in the toxic yet relieving stream Hoping that they can fight poison with poison. This liquid was the savior of the men Their escape to remain sane. These young men drown their sorrows And wish for a better tomorrow. But war isn’t their friend And will make them bitter in the end. The effects of the war are perpetual And turn drinking into a soldier’s ritual. These soldiers are kind hearted But this war has caused them to harden. They entered malleable as a ball of clay Slowly losing they’re elasticity every day. Missing their loved ones every day They drink themselves away To let their minds runaway. Never to be the same they return home Like oil and water, they can’t blend in. Feeling like an outsider looking in Like if they don't belong with mankind Leading them to take another dive. They take that swim with their buddy Jack Wishing their memories don’t come back. Their shadow follows never to leave them So they drink in order to flee them. But reality is, war is something you can’t escape.