{"sf1_id":704562,"sf2_id":"rn9ak60n","title":"The Broken Man","author":"techfistWolfguy","words":210,"posted_at":"2014-05-14T02:24:00.000Z","tags":["Alcohol","Depression","Male","Poetry","Rhyme","loss","tobacco"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/704562-the-broken-man","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rn9ak60n","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=704562\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"#15 of Poetry","content":"Cold skies\n\nAnd shivering sighs;\n\nLonely nights\n\nAnd dimmed lights;\n\nA bit of wine\n\nTo help pass the time;\n\nTo make me forget\n\nThat I've lost what was mine\n\nShadowed walls\n\nAnd empty halls;\n\nBlinking reminder:\n\nTen missed calls;\n\nAnother drink, please;\n\nTo help ease the loss I'd never see\n\nForever living in this shroud of mystery\n\nSunken eyes\n\nAnd sullen sighs;\n\nHolding in my hands what was ours\n\nListening to the passing of the quiet hours,\n\nPaying no mind to the silent man\n\nThe drunken one with his head in his hands\n\nMoonlit rooms\n\nAnd thick grey fumes;\n\nTaking a deep breath of my last cigarette\n\nBurning it away like all of my regret\n\nClosing my eyes as I hope to forget\n\nFeeling the sting of what is no more\n\nAs the empty wine bottle hits the floor\n\nHazy thoughts\n\nAnd stifled coughs;\n\nEmbers so red\n\nAnd tears of remorse;\n\n\"Why could I not be there to change destiny's course?\"\n\nA broken man\n\nAnd his broken memories:\n\nA disease with no known remedies;\n\nForever doomed to be only half,\n\nNever a whole;\n\nSlowly taking its toll on his mind and soul\n\nUntil the day he loses it all;\n\nA man no more;\n\nSimply a vestige of what came before\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/694475-lost-silhouettes.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/710707-f-e-e-l.json"}}