I extracted the alcohol from her veins
and grieved the loss.
We had been conjoined at the hip
over the length of seventy-two hours.
During those days she watched
me stare listlessly into the abyss
blindly hoping for inner enlightenment.
She kept me company those nights.
Her hand holding mine
our mouths locked together like steel links.
I drank from her
to the depths of oceans
and the bottom of her stomach.
With every pull of strength
I stole from her, she faded
little
        by
              little
                      until
                               she vanished.

How I wish I could’ve gone with her.