Garth Rakumakoe

Single Malt Scotch

Unleash this arrested

wanderer in me 

surviving a dreary day

and pour me a shot

of single malt

searching the night

for a place 

to call home

 

- Scotch - neat -

- on the rocks -

with a just a dash

of water

pickles all affliction

internal, untold

and brings out

the flavor

- releasing -

this poet\'s favor

of its troubled pause

 

On a rainy day

preferably

for all proclivity

at highest potency

all sweet; all sour

to run free

tap dance; and smile

free of fault

to weep - to gather

spill, and shout out

every heartfelt treasure

soaked

in elixir warmth

 

For the reflective moments

carried away

between the depths

of brine laden sighs

and thoughtful breaths

on this odyssey

this I decree;

Scotch the pleasure

Scotch the pain

Scotch, the stylus needle

to my gramophone