Posted by Sarah Ross on March 27, 1999 at 18:57:01:
you
i hate you
you have taken away
the man
who used to be
my lover
my best friend
the man i love intensely
who used to love me
with the same
great intensity
but then you came along
slowly at first
changing him little by little
charming him
until he started to crave you
and thought about you
too much
slipping out of the house
for a private rendez-vous
at the bar
often i'd go up to bed
leaving him collapsed
with a bottle of whisky
he needed you
and he took more and more
until he stopped noticing
that i even existed
he said you gave him
a wonderful feeling
like nothing else
and whenever he was
troubled
he would run to you
and he said that you
would always make it better
but you're killing him
you're destroying his life
and i know that he will always
need you more than me
because the man
that i love
is an
alcoholic
Sarah