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The Bottom Of The Bottle

The Bottom Of The Bottle

I’ve spent many a night

Looking for the promised answer

At the bottom of the bottle

Each time when it’s about to speak to me

I wake up confused

Those first few seconds of peace

When I don’t think about it all

This stagnant life I’m stuck with

The toxic cycles I can’t seem to get out of

One day I’m going to find the answer

Not at the bottom of the bottle

But this knife in my hand.

About The Bottom Of The Bottle:

This poem was inspired by Kevin’s No Theme Thursday prompt for the week. He has so many great images as always this week and this one in particular really grabbed my attention. You can check out all his prompts here.

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again? I do sometimes and it sucks. This poem is about those moments when life feels like a burden that is getting too heavy to bear. But I like to remind myself in those moments that the bad comes with the good and it makes it all the more delicious when we do achieve something. I don’t know if that makes any sense, it’s almost 3am here and I’m rambling. I had a different post scheduled but decided against posting it for now. Decided to post this poem instead.

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79 responses to “The Bottom Of The Bottle”

  1. John Avatar
    John

    Nice poem, Pooja, even a wee bit scary!

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thank you, haha you know how I love those scary twists!

      Reply
  2. L.G. Avatar
    L.G.

    Pretty deep, thanks for sharing

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thanks so much.

      Reply
  3. thomasstigwikman Avatar
    thomasstigwikman

    It is a dark but a poignant and deep poem. Sometimes life is hard.

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thank you. Yup, sometimes life is hard but it goes on.

      Reply
  4. Christopher Hall Avatar
    Christopher Hall

    Yes I certainly do feel like the plastic bag drifting from time to time. I’ve been in that process of starting again for a while. Trying all the best that I can to reframe and rewrite my story. I think this poem is authentically dark, and I love that you don’t shy away from that, and that you keep everything balanced. Which is not only cool, but it’s also beautiful too. 💖

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Same here and we’ll get there, everyone deserves a fresh start. Thank you so much! 💗

      Reply
      1. Christopher Hall Avatar
        Christopher Hall

        Of course! You’re very welcome as always! 💗💕😁

        Reply
  5. LaShelle Avatar
    LaShelle

    This is very thought provoking!

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  6. Milena Alien Avatar
    Milena Alien

    That’s right Pooja, slice this sausage and the cheese, knife can be a helpful tool if used correctly. And don’t forget cucumbers and whatever is in the fridge, the energy you have should not be wasted.
    If you don’t want to eat all this, put it in a plastic bag to throw it in the freezer. Being proactive will save you time tomorrow while cooking up a storm in the dead of the winter. I’m so jealous lol

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      You know what else I can do with the knife? Chop up a nice healthy salad lol.

      Reply
      1. Milena Alien Avatar
        Milena Alien

        Salad sounds great 👍

        Reply
  7. shivatje Avatar
    shivatje

    🙏🌹👍

    Aum Shanti

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      🙏🙏

      Reply
  8. destiny Avatar
    destiny

    😬 the bottom of the bottle seems safer than that knife in your hand, Pooja…😋

    wonderful as always…🤍

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Haha that’s true 😅 Thanks so much 💕

      Reply
      1. destiny Avatar
        destiny

        pleasure always…🤍

        Reply
  9. Joseph Glidden Avatar
    Joseph Glidden

    Great poem. I was not expecting the ending.

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thanks so much. Haha you know I like my twist endings.

      Reply
  10. Sadje Avatar
    Sadje

    An intriguing story Pooja.

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thanks so much.

      Reply
      1. Sadje Avatar
        Sadje

        You’re welcome my dear

        Reply
  11. Dawn Avatar
    Dawn

    I pray the answer is found without either of those solutions. Tough topic, so well described, Pooja 💞💔

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Yeah, I think generally there are other ways but when people feel really lost they tend not to think rationally. Thanks so much 💗

      Reply
  12. Eugi Avatar
    Eugi

    Whoa, poignant and dark, Pooja. Your poem captures despair and wanting to give up perfectly. Well done.

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thank you so much 💕

      Reply
      1. Eugi Avatar
        Eugi

        Most welcome, Pooja.

        Reply
  13. K. Ravindre Avatar
    K. Ravindre

    Pooja, your story is truly captivating.

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thanks so much.

      Reply
  14. katiemiafrederick Avatar
    katiemiafrederick

    Tears of Spilled Liquor
    Smoke oF LiGHT Gone Down the

    DRain All that’s Left is Cigarette Butts

    Perhaps Tonight is Today the Organic
    Soul Wins the Big one on the Lottery Buy a New

    Truck Mortgage
    The Trailer Again

    to Pay for the Last
    Family Sired For Manhood
    To Finally Become Fully Human

    Where did the Vicious Cycle Start
    Ah Yes at ‘the Knife’ of ‘Big Daddy’
    Screaming Son Big Boys Don’t Cry
    Big Boys Don’t Smile They Only Grind

    The Stone

    Crosses

    Of Little Man
    Syndrome Never
    Filled and Feeled Up

    With Even a Naked Enough
    Whole Complete Joy for Butterflies
    And Bees in ‘The Garden’ Free to Smile

    And Cry For the
    Lost Generations
    of Humanity Lost

    in “Jack and Jill
    Daniel’s Tears”

    Falling

    Falling

    Down

    the

    Hill

    A Knife Big
    Boy’s Come to Be

    All that’s Left is the Addiction
    to Fear Anger and Hate and Ignorance
    That Harms Rapes Maims and Kills Yes

    ‘Funeral
    For A
    FRiEnD”

    On ‘Faux News’

    For Real US and the
    Rest of Nature Now Yes

    At the Knife oF All of This

    Dear Pooja NoW Alternately No
    iN A NeW UNiVeRSE oF SMiLes

    oF

    Joy Free
    Butterfly
    Wings Bees
    No Longer Stinging

    Sweet Nectar of Open
    HeARTS SPiRiTS SoULS

    With Minds Bodies

    Exploring

    Balancing

    Roaming

    Ever more now Sober
    With New Wings Free to Be..:)

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      So true, I think that generational trauma keeps going where men aren’t allowed to show emption until someone breaks it and realises we’re all human.

      Reply
      1. katiemiafrederick Avatar
        katiemiafrederick

        SMiles Dear Pooja my
        Job for A Quarter of
        A Century Was to
        Provide Support
        To Train Pilots
        From The Navy
        To Fight in Foreign Wars

        Alternatively Now THere is
        Dancing Flying on Terrestrial

        Smooth Store Floors In Effortless

        Wu Wei Ease FRiEnDS With

        Gravity only to Generate

        Innumerable SMiles

        EverYWHere i Go

        True A Different
        Kind of FLiGHT
        With A Free

        Song of
        my Soul

        Just for
        The Joy
        Of Breathing

        Totally
        Free
        With
        SMiles

        Greatest Grace

        Strength of Will

        Balancing Generating

        Tons

        oF LoVE iN
        Peace All Free☺️🙌

        Reply
  15. A & J PEI Treasures/E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA Avatar
    A & J PEI Treasures/E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA

    Captures the darkness very well.

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thanks so much.

      Reply
  16. Mr. Ohh's Sideways View Avatar
    Mr. Ohh’s Sideways View

    WOW!! That’s dark. Good writing, bit I don’t care for this poem. Please don’t take offense. 🤣😎🙃

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thanks and that’s fine, all I heard was “good writing.” 😅

      Reply
      1. Mr. Ohh's Sideways View Avatar
        Mr. Ohh’s Sideways View

        Thanks for your limited reading. 🤣😎🙃

        Reply
        1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
          P. J. Gudka

          😅😅

          Reply
  17. Belladonna Avatar
    Belladonna

    Wonderful poem!

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thanks so much!

      Reply
  18. Narisa Wahlang Avatar
    Narisa Wahlang

    Great poem Pooja! ✨

    I also noticed the first line to Katy Perry’s Firework 😉

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Haha glad you noticed that and thank you! ☺️

      Reply
  19. Tamara Kulish from https://tamarakulish.com/ Avatar
    Tamara Kulish from https://tamarakulish.com/

    Quite a dark ending, or it appears to be very dark. As Milena said, the knife can be related to cooking, not killing someone. Life isn’t always how it appears on first glance, a deeper look can reveal a lot more, often stuff we’ve been avoiding looking at and using substances to fool ourselves that we’re dealing with it. You flip the script on us so often with your dark endings!

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Exactly, things can go differently depending on how we perceive that last line. Thanks so much!

      Reply
  20. Mary K. Doyle Avatar
    Mary K. Doyle

    Good and important poem, Pooja. My grandfather would say, “One drop is too much, but the whole bottle is not enough.”

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thanks so much. That’s is so true, he was absolutely right. That’s exactly how it feels when you’re at your lowest.

      Reply
  21. clcouch123 Avatar
    clcouch123

    I think writing of “first few seconds of peace” is really apt. Not only does it (do they) describe our moment upon waking anyway but also I think describe as much as the alcohol achieves, whenever. A “few second of peace” followed by the reality that little has been resolved. Truly thought-provoking work, Pooja! Funny about the bag in the wind. Yes, I can feel that way. In life, what I do is try to secure the bag with my foot so it doesn’t blow away entirely lost. Not sure what that means as metphor: maybe that no one should feel throughly gone.

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thanks so much. Yeah, I think all these escapes only last momentarily. It could mean that we should hold on to ourselves or we’ll lose our humanity.

      Reply
      1. clcouch123 Avatar
        clcouch123

        Yes–well-said!

        Reply
  22. thebpdcrisis Avatar
    thebpdcrisis

    Beautiful poem. Thanks for sharing and laying your feelings out there.

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thank you so much.

      Reply
  23. Opher Avatar
    Opher

    Morbid and dark. No truth to be found in a bottle or a knife – just hurt.

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Yup, aboslutely. Thanks.

      Reply
  24. ianscyberspace Avatar
    ianscyberspace

    Fortunately I’ve been able to avoid the kind of depression you describe here. Life can suck at times but there is so much to be positive about and when we journal all the good things that happen which we too often take for granted we see that there is much to rejoice about and that rises us from depressing thoughts.

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      I’m glad you’ve been able to avoid it. Yes, life is difficult but I agree there’s always things to be grateful for.

      Reply
  25. JR Avatar
    JR

    I liked it, keep them coming.. (and yes to the plastic bag analogy 🙂 )

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thank you so much 🙂

      Reply
  26. Janice Reid Avatar
    Janice Reid

    Wow…see you’re jumping from the frying pan to the fire there 😂.

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Lol that’s right 😅

      Reply
  27. Stasha Musylo Avatar
    Stasha Musylo

    This poem hits harder, sometimes our addictions become our downfall. These are my favorite types of writings🔥

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thanks and yes very much so 😊

      Reply
  28. Cindy Georgakas Avatar
    Cindy Georgakas

    Yeah, the bottom of the barrel sucks or a bottle as you say where the knife in hand man I was worried for a minute, but I know those days!
    🩷🩷🩷

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thank you so much, yup some days just suck but the good news is they don’t last forever!

      Reply
  29. عبدالسلام هزاع محمد Avatar
    عبدالسلام هزاع محمد

    🌹🌹🌹

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      😊😊

      Reply
  30. Adarsh G Avatar
    Adarsh G

    Beautiful!

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thank you!

      Reply
  31. pk 🌍 Educación y más. Avatar
    pk 🌍 Educación y más.

    Nice poem 💝

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thank you 💕

      Reply
  32. Susi Bocks Avatar
    Susi Bocks

    Very dark, but a real discussion we should be having. While the poem seems to only indicate the end will be horrific, I’d put out there that we must keep in mind that we can choose to rise above!

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Absolutely, I think when we’re at our lowest we don’t realise that we have other options but we absolutely do. Violence really doesn’t solve anything!

      Reply
      1. Susi Bocks Avatar
        Susi Bocks

        Yes, we do!

        Reply
  33. Kevin Avatar
    Kevin

    Unfortunately, we can’t see the light without the dark. Sometimes, we even need the dark. It allows us to dig deeper, push harder and win. It is not always a bad thing. when used wisely and in moderation.
    Excellent poem, Pooja!

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Yes, absolutely it helps us appreciate the good stuff even more. Thanks so much!

      Reply
  34. Bianca Alina Avatar
    Bianca Alina

    A dark and poignant poem! Brilliantly written as always, Pooja! 💕

    Reply
    1. P. J. Gudka Avatar
      P. J. Gudka

      Thank you! 🙏💗

      Reply
      1. Bianca Alina Avatar
        Bianca Alina

        It’s my pleasure, Pooja! 💕

        Reply

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