INTENSIVE CARE.

INTENSIVE CARE.
sneak

We climb the walls together -
in a club called 'Down and out'
We toasted dehydration.
We never had a doubt.
We named ourselves 'Disaster'
A means to this dead-end.
Our love inoculated.
Our broken hearts would mend.
Sterilised by alcohol.
Intensive love affair.
A shot of Southern comfort.
Discomfort everywhere.
Everywhere, but in our hearts,
when sober we regress.
The awkwardness of sunlight -
on discarded summer dress.
Stealing sober pleasantries,
whilst planning our escape.
Cotton sheets hide nothing -
but the torture of our states.
Incoherent memories.
Who, what, where and when.
I promise not to re-offend,
then do it all again.
A border-line addiction.
Our numb reality.
A photo by the bedside.
The man I'll never be.

sneak