TRAPPED IN THE BOTTLE
By: Stephanie Bennett
The bottle has fooled me once again,
telling me lies, I don't know where to begin.
I thought I was free from the awful hold it has on me.
But here I am again, I hope no one else can see.
How in the world did I let this happen to me.
The bottle told me it loved me and just wanted to ease my pain.
But what it really wants to do is drive me totally insane.
It blocks out your problems for a little while this is true,
but once the high is over you return to feeling blue.
Again it lied and sucked me in and I don't know which way to turn,
they warned that if I didn't follow the steps someday it would return.
But, I did not listen, I knew it all or so I thought at the time.
There is no one else to blame, the fault is totally mine.
Afraid to tell my family and friends that I have started to drink again.
I thought that I could control it, I thought that I could win.
I didn't want to admit that it had a strong hold on me,
but, I am spiraling down once again into the drunken sea.
I need some help and I must reach out or my life will surely suffer.
Instead of making things easier, booze just makes them tougher
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