Fiery and harsh

light on my lips

Drunken and drowning

from the first few sips

Nights full of love

Bring mornings of pain

For my red bleeding heart

And my soft muddled brain

Weeks and months pass

Without missing a drop

Suffering each second

If I tried to stop

Emboldened and brash

I drive it away

Only to plead

And beg her to stay

It pounds in my chest

The hurt doesn’t end

The wound stays open

Unable to mend

Blue chips and meetings

Are no kind of cure

Sobriety is nothing

If can’t have her

So I sit in my stupor

The bright world grows black

Numb and alone

Until she comes back