Liquid Recovery

She closed her eyes And took a breath Would this be how She'd meet her death Awash upon A liquid wave Or could her life Somehow be saved She filled the glass To full again And raised a toast To numb the pain She put the vessel To her lips She took two gulps And then two sips She grimaced with A tearing eye Then blew hot breath Through painful sigh She sat there in The TV's glow She heard the words From unknown show It mattered not She didn't care She only sat With vacant stare Her face was numb Her eyes were glazed Her ears were deaf Her brain was hazed The next thing that She recognized Was sunlight from The morning sky The glass was spilled Beside her chair She saw it but She didn't care The bottle held Three final sips And so she put It to her lips It cleared the fog And stopped the shakes She told herself "That's what it takes" She staggered to Her rubber knees And stumbled off To take a pee Then standing there In bathroom light She saw a face That gave her fright With sagging eyes And ragged hair Her disbelief Returned her stare She placed her hands Upon her cheeks Rubbed up and down And gave a shriek "This can't be me!!" She told herself "I've placed my life Upon a shelf" Right there and then She vowed to change To look at life And re-arrange Today she lives A different life Alcohol free And shining bright For the Paula Swanson contest "And With A Sip"