Beauty in the Breakdown

 

There is beauty in the breakdown
As your body leaves the soul
And you sip that bottle’s alcohol-laced crown

Your lips forever in a permanent frown
Complete depression yourself you enroll
There is beauty in the breakdown

Your happiness now as silent as a ghost town
As you use narcotics to fill that hole
And you sip that bottle’s alcohol-laced crown

You remember the feel of that perfect wedding gown
Angrily as you know your being he stole
There is beauty in the breakdown

In your sadness you slowly drown
You’re a druggie now according to public opinion poll
And you sip that bottle’s alcohol-laced crown

Standing on that corner downtown
Of your life you’ve released all control
There is beauty in the breakdown
And you sip that bottle’s alcohol-laced crown

Maria F. Hatch