Sometimes You Crack... Poem by chantelle ribeiro

Sometimes you crack
Your face distorted
like in a shattered mirror
It becomes the birth of a monster
Your eyes the eyes of a stranger
Empty
Your soul a lump of coal
The bottle your best friend
your confidant
My worst nightmare
You change
Your face a mask of ugliness
Your eyes bloodshot and dull
And I stand there
Looking at what you've become
Something dies in me
Every time
And it never lives again
The memory clings relentlessly
And I can never let it go