One More Swig, Just One More
By melodies revisited
Just another swig and I'll be okay
It's
just another nightmare, another day
It's nice to hear the voices telling
me
That another drink will make me see
The truths behind your
once-lies
All my life it's been, "Go off and die"
Or even "Hope
you're happy now"
When I'd make a mistake somehow
The drinking
began when I was nine
When I was handed some from a line
Of beverages,
all laced and sweet
To make me think them a pleasant treat
To this
day, I still think poorly of
The family that let their "love"
Seep
into the alcohol I now consume
As I drink, All I think about is you
As your sick body falls apart
And a smile spreads across my
heart
To think of you in so much pain
Age takes its morbid toll
again
Your hands that touched my sleeping form
Are now achey
and ever so worn
The mouth that licked my neck
Is condemned to
arthritic death
The feet that carried me to your room
Are now
sick, pained, and doomed
I grin in grim satisfaction at your strife
I guess karma happens in everyone's life
Another swig is all
I am able to take before
I stand to make my arm and hand pour
Out the sweet liquor, the beautiful poison
That holds me captive
even as I pour it
Out into the tub because the sink is covered
In my vomit as I try to get rid of my lover
My hand, it shakes to
know what I am doing
Then I hear your voice, and you sing
In
my ear, "You stupid child, you will never win"
As I struggle hard
with my deepest sins
I cringe as I feel the scars burn again
The
ones I bear for making a bargain
With you to keep me alive and I'd
do
Anything that you asked me to
As long as I was your servant
girl, sex slave
Everything was alright, it was all okay
No
more swigs are left and I'm unsure of
Why I haven't even escaped the
memory of
You.
Comments on "One More Swig, Just One More"
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A former member wrote:
The Frustration, Despair... You are good at letting these Emotions flow with the Reading. Makes bad Memories come out and play... Nice work ^^
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A former member wrote:
Not much to say through the tears that are welling up. I'm so sorry? Maybe.... there is a lot here I need to take in. Thank you for sharing, I too hope it is ficton.
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A former member wrote:
horrific..... simply horrific .... I'm going to assume this is fiction. It's just easier that way. It's a shame that the people who should die are the ones whose memories are indelible.... I wish I could give you the swig you're looking for... all the best.
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On Saturday, November 14, 2009, Phalanx
(628) wrote:
This is one of the more difficult things I've read to digest. Times like these remind me of how hard it is to have an adequate responce for such pain, my heart aches for you. This has been a true rendering of such an honest purging of sorrow. Beautifully told, with no cards to hold.