Alcoholic Poem by Nicole GravellPellerino

Every night
it is the same damn
endless pile of long necks
and empty beer cans litter the floor,
and have become your only company

Oblivious and selfish
your only concern is alcohol
or how you can get more
unaware and utterly clueless
to the pain you're inflicting on your children

Your liver is dying
and your insides rotting
from years and years of alcohol abuse
but that doesn't stop you
always reaching for one more

Your life is in ruins
your family has left,
your children can't handle the pain anymore
each sip changes you a little more,
each day you slip closer to death

You stagger and stumble
your mumbled words
aren't making any sense
the memories and moments you've lost
can never be replaced

We have tried and tried to make you see
the damage you have caused
but you are blind
and don't have a problem, you say
alcohol has taken you away.