Please Stop

A Poem by Sumo

I held on to hope but it let go of me
Once happily shackled, now set free

My heart no longer remains
A growing darkness filled with disdain

Unforgiving torment, as I pretend it will get better
My weak attempt at release, is this letter

Terrorized by the spirits you swallow
The more fill you get the more I become hollow

Sick to my stomach as your words slur
I whisper in my mind “But, I love her”

With each tumble you take a crack forms in our foundation
What’s worse, is it’s voluntary degradation

You spin elaborate lies and excuses as to why
Yet I know, you just can’t resist that high

The sadness is you believe your own tales
It’s not only you who suffers from these betrayals

A man who loves beyond measure, torn apart
Who’s resolve has weakened since the start

A daughter, caught between the Love she desires
And the alcohol her mother requires