Dear Bottle

Dear bottle you've controlled me for so much of my life
you've taken away my dignity, caused me to lose my wife
the job I once loved now a part of my forgotten past
at your bottom lies my sanity, I live life hard and fast

once a loving family man until I pressed you to my lips
now a common drunkard with cigarette stained fingertips
you are my mortal enemy yet at times my best friend
at your bottom lies my sanity, make my nightmares end

You are the first thing I reach for the beginning of each day
I can almost hear you taunting, just another of your prey
my mind a constant fog, body slowly shutting down
at your bottom lies my deathbed, in your grip I slowly drown

Dear bottle I write this letter in hopes you will set me free
let me be the man I once was before you crossed paths with me
let me be an inspiration to all those victims of this disease
at your bottom there is no answer, hear my desperate pleas

You’ve poisoned me with false hope, made me less a man
I am taking back my life now, going back from where I began
Goodbye to you my evil friend, our journey together through
at your bottom is one less victim, I will surely get over you