Drink To Forget
In the recesses of his inebriated brain
A memory began to fight its way clear
A memory that had been so embedded
The thought of it instigated pure fear
The only way he could handle that thought
Was to be found in a liquor bottle
Every time it tried to emerge, come forth
In an alcoholic stupor it he would throttle
But sometimes, over his drunkenness, it came
A memory so vivid and filled with pain
He would immerse himself in his tears
In hiding, he would sob, face tear stained
As a child, he had been molested and raped
By a person he believed he could trust
The pain and agony he was forced to endure
Into such a deep despair he was thrust
The nightmare he endured haunted him
The only way to forget was to drink
A bottle was always utmost on his mind
Into depravity he allowed himself to sink
In an alley behind the liquor store he lay
He was so drunk his brain was numb
The approaching footsteps he never noticed
He was that close to death, surely succumb
He awoke in a hospital bed that night
A man was patiently sitting at his side
Not understanding what had happened to him
He panicked, tried to get up, and cried
“Mister? Who are you? Why am I here?
“And besides that, tell me why do you care?
The man answered, “Because I saw a need”
“You needed some help that I could share?
“And why would you do that for me?
“Why would you help me. a sick drunk?
“And as far as I know we are strangers”
“How could you rescue me from my funk?”
The man looked at him, nodded his head
He opened his mouth, began to speak
“At one time I was just like you”
“A broken vessel, so terrified and weak”
“I too was an inebriated mess of a man”
“In a bottle, I desperately tried to find solace”
“The more I drank the worse it got”
“I completely lost my moral compass”
“One day a complete stranger walked up”
“He did for me as I am doing for you”
“Why he did it I couldn’t comprehend”
“Once I was sober he gave me the clue”
“He told me that God could change me”
“That my memories He could totally erase”
“I remembered that I scoffed at him”
“I then told him to get out of my face”
“That man, he never gave up on me”
“He listened when I told him my story”
“He told me that the Lord understood”
“Then he introduced me to God’s glory”
“That is why I am here now for you
“God can change you as He did me”
“That memory that forces you to drink”
“Trust Him, He can erase it, you’ll see”
“Do you want your life to change?”
“Drag yourself from the gutter you’re in?”
“All you have to do is give in, repent”
“He will cleanse you, free you from sin”
Sobbing, he turned it over to God
He and his good samaritan embraced
From that moment his life was changed
Because God had his memory erased
June 14, 2022