Addicted

He was intoxicating Fond of abandoning He left a sad little girl all alone Years go by He returns, but finds her grown She saw past his alibi He had stolen her life All of her time His refusal to take a wife Befitting of the crime The man whom she loved Now owns a coffin Closed with a hand, gloved His face ashen He had been lead astray Taken an oath of loyalty Then cast away Hurt awfully With a decision so foolish Fueled by the betrayal He signed his deathwish Loaded the bullet in the barrel He was intoxicating Fond of abandoning Though she loved him for sure She let him go She wasn't enough anymore As he was buried below The ashen ground Devoid of sound Dressed in black She turned her back Couldn't stand to see the grave The life he so freely gave How he'd hit rock bottom She couldn't fathom They were in love Living life by each minute Until he was sent above His life taken by a bullet His life was given She wanted heaven There went her last breath As she joined him in death They left their fingerprints And have walked together ever since