first submission
All of my money goes
to some other
woman now.
The woman
changes,
here and
there.
Sometimes I remember my
lover.
years have separated us.
years and her men
and my women.
she left
on Christmas.
I drank this Christmas Eve
and I woke up in my bed
and I drank more.
I closed my eyes,
and I saw her.
I tell her:
All the alcohol in the world
wouldn't drown my love
for you, but dammit,
I try...
and in my head
she smiles,
and I smile
back.
to some other
woman now.
The woman
changes,
here and
there.
Sometimes I remember my
lover.
years have separated us.
years and her men
and my women.
she left
on Christmas.
I drank this Christmas Eve
and I woke up in my bed
and I drank more.
I closed my eyes,
and I saw her.
I tell her:
All the alcohol in the world
wouldn't drown my love
for you, but dammit,
I try...
and in my head
she smiles,
and I smile
back.