Loving me is a war no one wins

I'm going to break your heart.
You will hate me when I'm done.

The light will flash
like a photograph

& I'll be gone.
It will be a magic trick

until you see me wandering lost
down the road unable to remember

who loved who.
You will hate me.

I will look neat
like I have my life figured out

until you see the blackened stump
of my teeth & from anger,

you will begin to feel pity,
then sadness & you will want to help

me but I will drag you down
with me into the abyss.

You will see the faces
that haunt me.

You will know their names
& you will try to help

until you are holding the needle
& fighting your arm for a vein

to escape the ether pouring
down your throat..


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Wow, what a way to present addiction, very well done my friend. It is a love affair indeed, one of the worst xxxxx

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It is always how you adorn your words with poetry. How they dance until they are relatable in so many weird ways.

I keep telling you you speak for some of us...read me.

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It no longer a war when you give up.
War ended when you surrendered.

The only war left that is within you, for the real enemy is the messed up feelings in you.

I am not going to lie, but your poem made me sad.
But I am ok.
You write good buddy.
Words are your feelings on paper.

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I am sorry for making you sad. Thank you for the kind words. Amin

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Why apologize for sharing your feelings and thoughts? ❤️☮️
It's ok to feel.

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Oh! Breathtaking! Sucked me in and spit me out. Left me in a whirl of hate, anger, betrayal, and despair. The image, no less.

I open your work with trepidation, because it so often does that to me.

But I open it.

Because it does that to me.

Great piece.

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Thank you @owasco for your kind words and the way you speak about reading my work. I appreciate everything.

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this is so good! i remember a wattpad tagline with your title so i decided to give it a read. this is so so so good.

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