A Bottle of Pills

A bottle of pills

A bottle of pills
Rest on my nightstand
Taunting
As their poison
Seeps through the container.

Starring 
With tears in my eyes
Slowly edging 
Towards my end.

The cap
Soon comes off and onto the floor
Medication rest 
In my hand
Slowly lifting 
To my mouth.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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April 28, 2011 at 7:04 PM
Ooo, now that is sad... umm I know the feeling... of wanting to sleep forever... but they got tossed out of my hand... that stupid movie *the eye # 2* made it look sweet... so really it was a stupid thought... Enjoyed your poem:-) take care..p.d.
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