<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413482" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Sobering Tale.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sometimes he sits, sometimes he thinks.<br>At other times combines the two<br>More frequently he sits and drinks.<br>Because he cannot bear the view.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The only view that he can see <br>through pain filled eyes awash with tears.<br>He can remember vividly.<br>The promise of his early years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> When he was young and full of hope.<br>He had the whole world by the tail<br>But later found he could not cope, <br>although he tried to no avail.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Discovering that a drink or two<br> helped to alleviate the stress<br>A sorry story nothing new<br>His life became a complete mess.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He lost his job it had to come.<br>His drinking led to a divorce.<br>His wife then claimed the family home. <br>His life sped on it’s downwards course.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A friend became his enemy<br> because he let it take control.<br>It took him over completely.<br>Dependent now on alcohol.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No longer does he drink from choice<br>That luxury is now denied.<br>He drinks to still the nagging voice<br> which urges him to suicide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today he’s just a drunken bum<br> with nothing to look forward to.<br>Bar cheap red wine to make him numb <br>albeit temporarily.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sometimes he sits, sometimes he thinks<br> sometimes he can combine the two.<br>More often though he sits and drinks<br>There’s nothing he would rather do.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">10/10/2009<br>http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413482" data-title="A Sobering Tale. de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="Sometimes he sits, sometimes he thinks. At other times combines the two More frequently he sits and drinks. Because he cannot bear the view. The only view that he can see through pain filled eyes awash with tears. He can remember vividly. The pr..."></div> </div> </div>

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