You were so much more than your ending<\/p>\n
But that was long ago<\/p>\n
Long before your alcoholic demons took your soul<\/p>\n
Long before you lost yourself to the bottom of the wells<\/p>\n
Long before we hit this fucking town that I call Hell<\/p>\n
You used to be a fighter, and a father, and a man<\/p>\n
You used to be my husband, my lover, my best friend<\/p>\n
Then alcohol, it changed you<\/p>\n
Like Jekyll into Hyde<\/p>\n
When I saw this day was coming<\/p>\n
I left you, and I cried<\/p>\n
I should’ve left the first time Hyde put your hands on me<\/p>\n
I should’ve left the first time you caused me to bleed<\/p>\n
I tried so hard to save you, did everything I could<\/p>\n
I hope at least some part of you inside understood<\/p>\n
I hope you’ve finally found the peace you never really found<\/p>\n
In the bottom of the bottle that you built your life around<\/p>\n
I hope that it was painless when the angels took you home<\/p>\n
And I hope you finally understand just why I had to go.<\/p>\n
~Mandy Kocsis\u00a92020~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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