Rehab

I’ve cured myself of you
Believe me it was tough!
To undress the garb you wrapped around me
Was messy and was rough.

I bled as I sloughed you
Layer after layer I scraped
How deeply you’d entrenched yourself
How tightly you were draped.

I had to pull and tug
And I screamed out loud in pain!
It took me a million hours
To flush you from my brain.

It took me a million nights
To stop craving your drink…
It took me several shadowy days
To stop me from your think.

I’ve come out of rehab now
An exhausting draining task.
So when I spoke to you today…
Alas! I wore a mask.

You asked me to touch you
Like those yesterdays…
Said you were stoned without me.
But soon you’ll fly away again
To your nest upon your tree.

And I’m done with rehab, baby.
Though you’re lovely, I’ll make do without…
Those toxic kisses, that dreamlike existence.
It’s all over and out!