It's been four years since she's seen a day sober
Parties, pain, being torn apart night after night since thirteen
It was just a way to deal with the pain of being raped
Now it's the habit she doesn't think she can break
The bottle in her hand and the tears run down her cheeks
A brand new opened drink and she's already three sheets to the wind
But it won't stop until she's passed out on the floor
A useless accumulation of flesh, bones and alcohol
Day after day of getting inebriated until the sun came back up
An endless web she's weaved herself into and now can't escape
Sitting on the gray stone cold porch head in hands
Her tears fall to the ground in her drunken dizziness
She cries for her lost innocence
She cries for the days when she was alright
When she wouldn't have dreamed of using alcohol
Days when she was bright, bubbly and loved everyone
Now she drinks her sorrows down
Waiting for the day when her liver just quits working
The neverending cycle of alcohol has caught up this little fly
And has taken her away forever
She still sits and cries wishing that she could change
Just put that bottle down and say that she was done
But it's only ever momentarily
She doesn't believe it can happen...so it won't
Author notes
This is actually about me. I felt like there was no hope for me for a long time. I'm getting help now and it's doing some good.
A contest entry
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450 points, ended April 25, 2007, 28 entries
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very nice. I almost cried when I read it. I like how you put it all out there, a very brave thing to do even it it wasn't about you. great write. thanks for the entry.
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yeah actually it is about me.
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mm I know I meant even if it wasn't about you it would be hard to put it out there but being about you it had to be even harder.
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Very heartfelt write... Thanks for entering and good luck!
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