Lisa Hicks Poet Quatrain

An Evening In With the Cat

If I had a bottle of pills
I’d dump them out inside my mouth
Take the last few swigs of vodka
And swallow all of them down

If I had a big sharp knife
I’d drag the cold steel across my skin
If I thought for a moment it might
Bring this feeling to an end

I’d stare down the barrel
If I had a gun
Find the trigger with my finger
Pull it and be done

If I had a car
I’d park inside the garage
Leave the motor running
Till the poison filled my lungs

If I had a rope
I’d make myself a noose
Dangle there in my own doorway
Till somebody cut me loose

If I had someone to love
I'd probably treat them bad
Since that's all that I've known
In relationships of the past

 If I had a heart in my chest
I'd be able to forgive and forget
But there is nothing left
Of that beating mass of flesh

So I'll just continue
Sitting all alone and in the dark
A typical evening in with the cat
Doesn't seem that bad after all.

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Leigh Nickolyn August 2, 2011 at 9:32 AM I hope you don't really feel that way. This poem is deep and very dark. This is my favorite kind of poetry. True feelings. -Leigh Anne

Thvia Shetley August 2, 2011 at 9:11 AM Thank goodness for Cats! Enjoyed this dark piece my friend, I believe most of us have been here. Thank goodness these thoughts are only temporary for most of us.

Steven Cooke August 2, 2011 at 7:02 AM ooh very dark , but a`wonderful finish, well written i like this good poem