At night the shakes disrupt my sleep.
I wake feverish, my body aching and
craving the fiery inferno of liquor
to ease the ****** tremors and the
ever present headache that
breaks apart my thoughts.
It hurts in every way.
Biting back audible distress
I curl into my empty stomach.
Hollow hunger pangs issue from within.
Alcohol withdrawal won’t let me eat.
Half asleep I clutch my ribs and wait it out
the way people caught in earthquakes do.
Eventually my mind sags from fatigue
the shudders rocking me back to sleep.