The Bitter End - Cursive

When the bitter end arrives

Will we be at war or sadly, madly in love?

Will we beg for one more night?

Or will we have our bags packed

Waiting at the door?

When the bitter end arrives

Will it be a finish line or a starting gate?

Brass and pearl, or maggots and dirt --

Bittersweet or just desserts?

When you didn’t answer your phone

I knew there was something wrong;

You’d been a wreck all week

When it’s unbearable

The more unavailable the world can often seem

When the bitter end arrives

Will we be exhausted or will we toss and turn?

Will we claw out our eyes?

Or will we simply close them

And let sleep seep in?

When your bitter end arrived

You could’ve at least

Chicken-scratched some cliched note:

«on the razor’s edge»

«at the end of your rope»

«the bitter pills you just had to swallow.»

When you didn’t answer your phone

Suddenly the last time we spoke

Became the last time we spoke

What would I have said if I knew

Just how desperate the situation was?

But I know that I knew --

Such overstated clues --

You stopped eating, kept drinking

Stopped showing up for work

When you’re alone, did you utter dying words?

Why’d the bitter end have to come?

Why’d the bitter end have to come for you?

So sad, so soon

When your bitter end came around

Did you wonder how your sentence would sound?

An exclamation or a question mark?!