River of Whiskey

by Chelle Wood - Cancer

I wade
in a cesspool 
of  malevolence,
the shallow waters 
of my depravity.
I wallow 
in a piteous stupor,
longing for a past
I cannot reclaim,
a youth that is gone
forever more.
I meander 
through the quagmire 
of my memories,
a menacing menagerie
of scourge.
I scratch 
and claw at the surface,
but I cannot break through
the cloying remnants 
of a tattered long ago.
No one comes to
deliver me
from this debauched debacle,
this decadent squalor.
I swim 
in a self-imposed
pit of wretchedness, 
infested waters filled
with the rancid stench 
of despondency.
I drink
the last drop 
of  bitter poison,
and pray for an end 
to my contemptible catharsis.
I plunge
into the murky depths
of abomination,
and drown myself in a river 
of whiskey...

Birth sign: Cancer
Date created: 2001-01-18 13:39:37
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:43:23
Poem ID: 59666

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