My Intervention Poem by Patrick Shields

Take a good look at me
At what your cruelty created
Why did you feel the need to leave
Leave me here alone where I'm severely hated

You made promises you couldn't keep
And I guess this is the way of you saying your giving up
Giving up on trying to fix me
I knew that one day you would have enough

When you left you took your love and intervention
And left me burning in my self created hell
Now I crave your protection
Something I shunned before but now wish for it locked in a keyless cell

Jack Daniels is my new best friend
This alcohol calesuses and crack my lips
My patience for this pain is growing thin
I tell myself to get a grip

But these are just empty words
The only thing that could save me would be your kiss
But I know all I'll get from you are excuses I've already heard
And I know you'd like to avoid kissing my calusesd lips

So I'll rekindle my relationship with my old razorblade
And hope the jack daniels will wash away my memories of you
But if death approaches I will not be afraid
Death is the only real thing I have to look forward to