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Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Relationship · #1786293

A tribute to alcoholism everywhere.

I drown

I swim

I drown

I swim



This bottle eats me alive.

I've so many places to turn,

but I only turn away.

I whisper I'm sorry,

but you know those words,

those empty promises.



I swim

I drown

I swim

I drown



In the end...

I drown
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