Day 78: Swallow your pride

Swallow your pride

He just sits there
Head held in hands
Hasn’t been home in days
The empty shell of a man

Hopin’ that tonight
The only stars that he sees
Are the glitter from the glasses
And the ice from his drinks

Scotch Burboun Rum Whisky
Vodka Gin Gone beyond tipsy
Camel’s, Slims, Luckys, Cools
Marlboros lit up on this bar stool

Drowning in drinks
And suckin’ down smoke
Chokin’ on the joke of
A man without hope

But he won’t make amends
He’d rather run and hide
In the bottom of a bottle
Feelin safe inside

But all he really needs
To recover from the fall
Is to suck down his pride
The toughest pill of all

Jagged on all sides
It slits as it slides
Leaving wounds on the way
To restoring his life

Cause the healing’s in the pain
And there’s no way around
No spoonful of sugar
Helps this medicine go down

Ownin’ up to mistakes
Admitting you were wrong
Realizing your words have weight
And detonate like a bomb

And pride, the very poison
That’d been causing you to die
Becomes the activated charcoal
That’s keepin’ you alive

So fill a shot glass
Make your neck snap
Swallow your pride
To find your way back

The more it’s put off
The more it hurts
Get your life back together
Apologize to her.

-Mike Sanderson