38 Sleeping Pills

I unscrew the bottle cap

And empty out the pills 

Onto the kitchen table... 

There's 38 pills in the bottle 

I know nothing else 

But I know this

I sat and counted them 

One lonely evening 

38 Sleeping Pills in a bottle... 

I don't know how I feel 

And I don't know what to think 

But I do know 

That those 38 pills

Can open a doorway 

To another world 

I don't know who sees my pain

And I don't know how to share it 

But I do know 

That I have 

38 pills in a bottle 

And they could take the pain away 

They call out to me 

Those pills in that bottle

They sing me a sweet lullaby 

Of lands unchartered 

And depths undiscovered 

And I feel myself lulled into oblivion 

By the 38 Sleeping pills 

In the bottle beside my bed... 

Just 1 will do the trick 

But if 1 feels so good... 

Surely 37 more

Will feel even better... 

So I count them again... 

I have 38 Sleeping pills 

In a bottle.... 

~S~