Forgetting With Jack

we sat and listened as his heart broke a crack was heard as each word spoke he had lost sight of truth when he was betrayed tricked by her slight of hand seduced with a magical cat a bar stool found his searching feet, and his hand found Jack purpose drained as each glass emptied reason and sanity fell away all she had left were empty boxes in dusty corners a stray piece of lego had stood stationary on its end waiting for small hands that had once been the master of its kingdom Jack lays on his side and with a wimping snore, breaking the even stillness of silence I lay here looking for tomorrow hoping soberity and hope emerges, from the emptying bottle of despair he now dwells in to forget For C ..