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A long pull on a cigarette I notice the heat brightens
The oxygen fueling the fire as it breathes lifeless
"I need to get to her"... lungs heavy with cloudy smoke
My eyes are weary driving alone down a county road
Feeling the slight burn as my thumb & finger flick
My addiction out the window elsewhere in the winter wind
Reaching for another desperate sip from my whiskey jar
The stench is so thick it could clear out fifty bars
But it's needed to numb the pain.
Drank about a drum of grain to the point that it doesn't take
A genius to know that alcohol is what pumps my veins
"I need to get to her"... wiping away the residue in my beard
Using my knee to steer & hold the direction in the clear
Her car peaks over the horizon reminiscent of her as a toddler
As I approach it looks the wreckage was submissive to a monster
Smashing the brake pedal with the force of a thousand men
The wheels lock & the car skids to a howling end
Scrambling for the latch my vision is blurry & foggy
Falling out to the pavement barely standing dirty & groggy
Stumbling & shuffling, slurring my daughters name
"Delaney... Delan...daddy's here babe"
In the distance lay a shoe that I need to examine so I stagger
To see the blood covered the color like the sheet on a cadaver
In a blink, I find her phone but the screen isn't shattered
Locked with a picture of my grandson beaming with laughter
"Delaney... Delaney..." whirling around, there she is
My beautiful baby girl laying in the twigs
The shriek that I bellowed echoed on for miles
Sobbing as I hold her cold head as I dial
9...1...1...
Tragically my eyes drag back to my truck
The front is completely demolished & crushed
I look her, at her car, again to my truck
Adding up the possibilities & I'm stuck
"911 what's your emergency"
Stroking her face as my tears spill like my liquor
Did earlier that night when I killed & hit her
"...sir what is your emergency..."
"hello? sir?..."