Pill (an acrostic poem)

Prescription bottle laid empty in front of him

It had held the meds to mend his broken heart

Looking off into space, his eyes had the same emptiness as the bottle

Losing the battle with himself

 

Image: khn.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/empty-pill-bottle_770.jpg

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