Poison

As a child I did not understand.

You were my light, you were the one I ran to when in need.

You held me close and show me love.... a father’s love.

You showed me things I have yet to forget;

In the daytime you were my Prince,

But behind the veil you were torned…. i did not know.

With all the crazy things adults do, somehow I was protected.

I was sheltered, I was blind.

Until that day….you died.

That same liquid which had you bound, dranked you dry and took your life.

That same poisoned which you cherish each night, took you away.

I wept and cried, I did not understand. It was a dream, a nightmare.

I waited and waited while more and more you faded.

One step into that cold, dark and lonely hall

There you were, laying flat.

No smile, no breath, no warmth.

Just your body and I.

I fell, I dropped and then my fear got clarified…. It really was real.

The poison indeed took you away.

I was angry, I was sad…. I too tried to find love in that same poison.

It left me empty and alone, it left me with a pain bigger than before.

Why were you not alive, why were you gone?

The poison manipulated me into thinking I needed it, when really I was captive.

Little by little I grew up, and slowly I realized….

God wasn’t to blame for your death,

Life wasn’t to blame for your death,

You were sick, you were weak.

You were bound by something which would not let you go.

You loved me more than the poison but really, you just could not let go.

Poison yes I say, alcohol is like a drug,

Claimed so many lives, yet people willingly give their time to it day in and day out.

Sweet man, I want you to know…. Poison does not have a hold of me

It has been over ten years.

I do not drink it, I do not want it, I do not care.

I now know, I can indeed be strong.