Blood Bath

Last night I poured some memories into a glass They didn’t fill it, not at all The bottle was almost empty When I started pouring Someone else’s history I sipped, gulped, finished it I always drink too quickly When I like the taste Such a stupid thing to do It makes me drunk too fast The empty glass looked sad It was my own fault In my greed, my lust I wanted more I shook the nothingness out of the bottle Until it splattered me like blood Half-aware, I floated to my bathroom And soundlessly undressed, Turned the lights down Candle-lit shadows, danced In the half-light While the soft music of a piano Played somewhere In my silly romantic head I didn’t know how to turn it off I filled my tub to the brim with tears, Submerged myself in their saltiness The water turned red I cried until it overflowed Not for myself, but for you, For you my dear, My once darling For your pain Not mine