Bottoms Up - WordPromptChallenge

If people were drinks

And drinks were people

Queen Bee types would be vodka sodas

And rich old men would be gin and tonic

Dancers would be tequila shots

While the fun ones would be champagne.

If that's the case then I think, baby

You would be mint tea.

You're the spirit that takes to all soils

You're the fire that fights to take over

Even when you're cut and pruned

You keep on growing and you don't stop

Pushing, pulling, stumbling, squeezing

You always find a way

Even when they snap at you

You take it all with grace

Only you, when you are bleeding

Will embrace the air with aroma

Only you, in boiling water

Will let your spirit release

I love how it sometimes gets to you

That they don't even seem to care

But even then you never give up

You always show up to play

I don't care for hot gin or vodka

Or for tequila and its charm

Champagne may have its own appeal,

But none have got anything on you

There is no compare to the warmth you bring

Your tantalizing tingle reigns supreme

If mint tea is what you are

Stay that way, love, and don't you change

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At this point I will disclose that my prompt was not really 'bottoms up' - I only used that because I thought it would be intriguing: the prompt was actually 'something about never giving up'. What did you make of this take on it?

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