Anything But Sober/ To The BrimA Poem by Catdrank too muchSometimes There's a light in my chest It fills the empty hole I've been meaning to heal all this time It kindles is arms around my lungs burning every last drip of intoxication out of my body It lift the weight off my chest Rubs the rust off my lungs So they don't feel like broken contraption no longer needing to break through in order to breath It's faint Like the montage of memories after one sip too many I only recall the empty bottle, the empty street, and an empty stomach but this light sometimes can fill all three of these It's more than muffled train track and click clack crunching glass under rubber shoes It's more than a love with expiration date one day fade away tattoo It's more than bottom of an empty bottle reflection, burnt soot filled fingertips, and ruffled clothing It's not being buzzed or drunk or high or in love It's something that makes me consider apologizing for all the wrong fingers I interlocked with and all the wrong mouths that got a taste of my bittersweet alcohol and weed stained breath all the time I wasted looking for love in someone else looking for something to feed their hunger it makes me consider apologizing for noticing it sooner and feeling like a till-the-last-drop-maybe- the-pain-will-stop kind of girl when really There's a light in my chest You see it feeds a hunger I've been meaning to hide all my life I call it hope and maybe Just maybe It will fill my empty bottle of a heart To the brim
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StatsAuthorCatAboutI'm a little bit of a wanderer but who isn't in this world? Aspiring polyglot and amateur poet. Words are my best friend and so is poetry. Come get lost with me it'll be fun I promise :) more..Writing
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