Witches Brew

With your eyes full of hate 
As venom drips from your fangs, 
Your pores oozing contempt 
While anger courses through your veins 

A putrid cloud of malevolence 
Surrounds your black heart, 
While animosity and revenge 
Rips your sanity apart 

Your mind has been poisoned 
And your spirit subverted,  
By the slow death of your soul 
Which you could have averted 

You chose to consume 
The evil and hate, 
Eating every rancid morsel 
Served to you on that plate 

Your wash it all down 
With that liquid you hold dear, 
As you continue to drown 
In your own misery and fear 

This sickness has destroyed 
Everything you held true, 
You've traded your life 
For that foul devils brew. 

Unable to see 
Past the darkness and lies, 
Even deaf now to hear 
Your soul’s pleadings and cries 

Unsuccessfully you try
To wash it away, 
As you drink from that bottle 
Day after day  

I pray for your soul 
And the torment you face, 
But the truth about yourself 
Alcohol can never erase.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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