Love Poem: Alcoholic
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Written by: Regina Mcintosh

Alcoholic

He is addicted to the bottle Despite what his words tell a friend His hands reach out to the liquor As if it contains the cure for his failures He takes a drink, never thinking Of all the pain this poison will bring To him, his wife and their children Everyone who truly cares about him. Everyone has seen this demon Bring greater men to their demise Without a second chance to stop him He’ll be filling up his entire heart and life With a sickening scent of alcohol that Makes him more brainless than anything else He’ll keep drinking until this strong drink Kills him – and his family will grieve for The one they knew before he was a drunk He’s addicted to the thing that hurts Him and everyone who cares for him He thinks he can handle one drink of it But a few bottles later tells the true story Even though the bottle is his best friend It’s actually the enemy to the one inside him He thinks it can mend whatever hurts him While it actually ruins what’s left within Alcoholic, lost in the toxic liquid That destroys more than his sanity This drink will take away all that is good And leave a broken down failure, most likely Dead on the inside before he actually dies Proverbs 23:20f: "Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags." ... Ephesians 5:18: "Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit."