John Rockk-Fiordelisi Poet Free verse

For Richie

I was too drunk to remember
When I shouldn't have been,
And I was told you were dying 
Cause you drank too much
For so many years

I was too drunk to acknowledge
That I shouldn't have been,
When you needed me most
Because you drank too much
For so many years

I was too drunk to admonish you
But I shouldn't have been,
When you stopped fighting
Cause you drank too much
For so many years

I was too drunk to forgive you
As I shouldn't have been,
For not calling me
Because you drank too much
For so many years,

I was too drunk to help you
But I needed to be,
Cause we pushed the edge over
And we drank too much
For so many years

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