i used to know you.
once,

you loved coffee, black, two sugars
you hated alcohol but you drank it to fit in
you were terrified of the dark

you sang love songs when no one but me could hear
because you knew i loved your voice
your lips tasted like salt because you loved to surf

you stayed out all night, not partying or taking drugs
but wandering the roads of the city
or lying alone in parks, gazing at the stars

once, i used to wander with you.

i used to know you, love.
once, i used to know you.
now,

you still hate alcohol, but you drink to forget
you aren't afraid of the dark,
just of yourself and your past

you sing with a voice like an angel
but the music is pain and sadness and death, death, death
your lips are alcohol and fire and poison

you party all night
and stumble home in the early hours, wasted and shaking
but sometimes, you still lie in parks and gaze at the stars

so perhaps there is hope, love.