Alcoholics And The Damage That They Do To Their Children And Spouses Poem by James McLain
Alcoholics And The Damage That They Do To Their Children And Spouses
they come home late,
or not at all,
the walls shake,
the doors learn to lock themselves.
a child waits in the dark,
counting the cracks in the ceiling,
listening for the sound
of boots on the porch—
or worse, silence.
the bottle is god,
and god is cruel.
he speaks in curses,
in fists,
in forgotten birthdays.
some scars don't show,
but they never fade.
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