Sober Sonnet 10

No Mercy, Just Morning

The glass was cold but never colder than me,

Smiling, detached, like it wasn’t my pain.

Said I was fine, said I was “just tipsy,”

But couldn’t feel joy – just the quiet strain.

I stumbled through rooms that felt like defeat,

No dancing, just drowning, invisible weight.

I laid where I fell, still drunk on repeat.

A hollow routine – wake up, medicate.

Truth tasted bitter – vodka and shame,

Ghosts in my inbox, unread and unkind.

Sunrise didn’t save me – it echoed the blame.

No pause, no mercy, just thoughts I’d rewind.

I dropped the bottle but carried the cost.

Still – I stayed. And reclaimed what I’d lost.

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