Intoxicated

Mind erratic

Heart upbeat

I don't look

I cross the street

*

Made it through

Without a scratch

Keep on going

Two cars crash

*

Looking for a place to sleep

To clean up and think in peace

Have no time to sit and wait

Around the corner comes the police

*

Sirens wail beckoning fear

My heart is wild and face pale

I pick up my pace and move ahead

I think of judges, the law and jail

*

I look at the window, I'm a mess

The sirens soften and I halt

Two officers come for my arrest

You caused the crash, it's all your fault

*

I say nothing and let them take me

My weary body gives way underneath

It's time I rested and stopped running

I find it difficult to breathe

*

Another siren I hear afar

An ambulance comes to aid

People surround me looking panicked

People are distant and afraid

*

Glazed eyes close

The moment is over

I can rest in peace

Now I am sober