Oh Lindsay

Crestfallen I admit
How I cheered for you on the sidelines
I did not want to see
You reduced to a gossip byline
So much potential
More than most in your little finger
Sweet and demure
How the memories past still linger
But now just a joke
Just another celebrity casualty
A walking car wreck
Failing and flailing for the world to see
Drug addled brain
Victim of self delusional ego
Shut tight your eyes
As over the Hollywood hills we go
So young yet so old
Do you love now woman or man
What genius designs leggings?
What rocket scientist needs spray tan?
You refuse to go quietly
Into the night instead you sprawl
We await the humiliation
Of seeing you in the gutter crawl
Where are you now?
Your eyes are an empty vacant space
Your lips are balloons
Just like your freckled bloated face
When will you realize
That this is the only life you get
I am not sure why I care
It's not like we have even met
But I have a young daughter
Who will make mistakes and falter too
And I would never abandon her
No matter what she might ever do
And so I still root for you
To stop it all and take a deep breath
For what a waste it will be
If our only memory will be of your death