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Todd Sommerville
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Drift Away (formerly sleeping with the bottle)
Sleeping with the bottle
I know she's not a friend
but when I'm feeling lonely
she always lets me in.
Lets me in and holds me
in her arms and in her Haze.
Lets me in and holds me,
as I drift away.
Sleeping with the bottle,
I've tried to walk away.
But when everyone abandons me,
I know she will stay.
She lets me in and holds me.
in her arms and in her haze.
Lets me in and holds me,
as I drift away.
She lets me in and holds me.
I try to walk away.
Still her warmth keeps calling me
But I don't want to stay.
She lets me in and holds me.
But I don't want to stay.
She lets me in and holds me.
But I don't want to drift away.
I don't want to.
No I don't, I don't want to,
Drift away.
Drift away,
Drift a w a y....
So I always felt this poem should be a song
now it is! checkout my you tube channel
https://youtu.be/pf37U4cRZZE?feature=shared
or
www.youtube.com/@tsummerspoetry
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#song
#alcohol
#abuse
#depression
Written by
Todd Sommerville
60/M/United States
(60/M/United States)
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