Though I'm surround by people, some good, some bad, <br />Some funny, and sweet, some like me who are lonely and sad. <br />My problem first social, to fit right in, <br />Drinking soon turned into my very best friend. <br />First once a week, then once a day, <br />It hurt those I love, to see me this way. <br />I'll stop drinking, it's only just for my nerves, <br />Tomorrow I'll stop, those were my words. <br />Each day would pass, sometimes in a blur, <br />I just couldn't stop, and for him or for her. <br />Liquor a drug, more powerful than lust, <br />Has caused those I love in me to lose trust. <br />I sit in my room, and sip at my drink, <br />With tears in my eyes, as I sit and think. <br />Comfort, and joy, for this person you see, <br />Is not how it looks, it couldn't be me. <br />The mirror doesn't lie, as I look at myself, <br />Alone in a world, I'm all by myself.<br /><br />Velmar Pewee Hale Johnson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/alone-in-a-crowd/
