Where did you go?

The screech of your brakes, scratch of metal against stone

The sound of a bottle smashing announces you are home 

The stumbling, fumbling, searching for keys

The drunken chunnerings as you fall to your knees

Scrambling in the dirt looking for needle in haystack

Hunting for the metal in the deep pitch black

Like a lottery won you rejoice in finding your prize

I hold my breath, waiting for you to tumble inside

The click of the lock declares your arrival

My mode turns to that of self survival

You thud up the stairs like herd of wild boar

Tripping and staggering you curse the floor

Crawling into the bathroom for your own relief

I shudder and pull even tighter on the sheets

With the sound of the flush my skin starts to crawl

For I know you will soon stumble down the hall

The smell of musty ale drifts along the passage

You torrent nearer making sounds of a savage

As the light turns on I lie still as a corpse

For I know at this time what will be in your thoughts

You launch towards me with no care or thought

My tears tumble down as I feel I’ve been caught

Then you slip, in drunken stupor banging your head

I gasp and lie still, wonder if you are dead

Passed out on the floor your night finally ends

Relief and calm descend like welcome friends

I cover you over with a soft warm rug

Lying there so helpless I lose sight of the thug

What changed you from the man who was my partner and friend

This beast that overtook you, make drunkenness the trend

I lie back and whimper, try to get some rest

Say a prayer for tomorrow to be different, happy and blessed