What peace exists at the bottom of an empty bottle?
The torment of the mind only silenced,
quietly growing,
pressing against the walls you built.
I'm still tracing the outline of what we were,
still searching for myself in the wreckage of us.
I once made a home in your sorrow,
and now, without it,
I don't know where I belong.
In dreams, I bear your sorrow, grasping for the
moments you escape your demons.
Release me from this endless ache—
find the strength to let go.
My soul will not rest
until you are at peace.
I wait for you still,
hoping you can heal enough
to set me free, and rise beyond the grip of this
endless night.
Time slipped away as I watched you spiral,
and I needed to reach you, to speak, to be heard
but you were only there in fragments—
the version of you clouded by liquor,
a hollowed shell, shrinking deeper into your
shame.
You pushed me away,
the distance growing,
until I became a stranger.
You left me no choice,
no escape but to walk away.
You gave me only one option:
leave, or be consumed
by the slow, painful erosion of you.
Loving an addict…