Faded stains of spilled bourbon dot the weathered nightstand’s surface like stars speckle a clear midnight sky Each commemorates a prop of courage swigged to help forge another day
Bras, slips, heels and flats pepper the soiled carpet reflections of the many nightly transgressions now impediments which fleck her soul
Her frontal lobe harbors distortions from her past forgiven by those who know her forgotten by others
Rain pelts her window rat-tat, rat-tats against the panes compulsively splatters the door flings open her mind to let today’s downpour splash away any trace of her anguish
Blocked in inspiration I am editing previous posts here. This work was originally called Drops of Compulsion and listed here in 2015.