A Withering Heart between a White-Knuckled Fist by Cheetahclub84, literature
Literature
A Withering Heart between a White-Knuckled Fist
He quit drinking when she
told him that she didn't want to lose him.
He'd always hated the taste of his own downfall:
bitter. Didn't like fueling a fire
in not only his stomach,
But in his rage as well.
He didn't like how the
bottle in his hand looked like
a withering heart
squeezed between a white-knuckled fist.
The fridge started
to fill up again once she
was gone. It was only a couple
drinks at first; an entire bottle
before and after her funeral;
restocking every other day; one near empty
glass, quarter filled
with melted ice
staring at a blank screen
gun in hand.
I bought him a bottle once;
he told me it'd be his last.
It's still on h