I don't drink,
Except for when I'm around you
And I'm desperate to feel
Numb in your presence,
Blissful but necessary ignorance
I don't drink,
But I got tipsy just to
Relax my nerves
And forget everything I know about you
That squeezes droplets of my heart out
Late at night
When there's no longer anyone to hold me
And tell me I'll be alright
I don't drink,
But I did
And so did you
Until we were the only two that existed,
But you belonged to someone else
And I bore no chains to elicit much guilt
Now I drink,
To forget tipsy mistakes we made
And the sober ones too...
Because the one thing I've learned
Is that I can never be rational around you
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She Felt Like Home
PoetryOriginal Poetry Collection: We don't get to choose who we love, or when we stop loving those who don't treat our hearts quite right. And sometimes, we don't get to change the fact that even if they weren't the one they still felt like home. And it's...
