ADDICTION - Hello Poetry

Sep 5

Francie Lynch

If she met him in a different life,
Not this one,
Where he lost his wife;
Would she give this guy a chance,
Despite his failed and trying romance
With her.
Could she understand the shortcomings and frays,
And take a chance he's changed his ways.
Could she touch his skin, smile with her eyes,
And realize he's not the same.
That man died
In remorse and regret,
He did what she can't forget.
Now years later,
Could she live -
Not with a man she can't forgive-
But with a man who doesn't show
The hidden scars the damaged know.

#regret #remorse #divorce #separation #lostlove #marriage

Jan 11

Francie Lynch

A Disease

We should know better
With or without schooling.
If we willfully refuse,
If we disregard the facts;
We are ignorant.
That's below below average.
We made a choice.
A choice is not a chronic disease.
Not like mine.
It was never my choice.
I don't know if it happened
Before or After,
But the manifestation was slow, profound,
And addictive.

Many just don't get it.

#addiction #illness

Jan 6

CJ Sutherland

His MISTRESS 2019

Through the dark years

For better or worse
ignorant, trusting
It was the kind of thing
that happened
to other people
not us
Our bond was strong
a lasting love

He tried to hide
His mistress

Betrayed, how brazen
Right under my nose
WHY did he give her
His soul ?

Sneaking out
to get a taste of her
laughing in delight
She gave her all

The smell of her
lingers on his lips
fooling no one
except himself

Lying eyes
standard denial
finally

I found them together
as he was
just finishing her

Caught in the act
I had to see
who stole my man

Face to Face
stunned, disbelief
I could never compete
measure up
now,
I knew her name
*****

1985 It was the first year of my marriage my husband said he didn’t drink anymore and he was sneaking alcohol I thought it was going crazy I smelled him he said I was paranoid and then I found him and called him in the act and I wrote this poem

#disillusioned #hurt #alcohol #addiction

Jun 2023

Francie Lynch

The Man Whose Wife Left

He lived down the street from us,
And came to be known as,
The man whose wife left him.
We speculated and surmised.
None but two knew the reason why
He became
The man whose wife left him.

He stopped cutting the grass
And weeding the beds.
He won’t play his uke
On the porch like he did.
From all accounts,
He was a good Dad,
None ever heard him
Explete a foul word.
He worked till retired,
Never was fired.
I'm told he lived a gentle life;
Never started a fight,
Or ran from strife.
That's what I heard
About the man whose wife left him.
Left to his own devices,
The man whose wife left him,
Left.

#divorce #suicide #separation #lonliness

Sep 2021

Carlo C Gomez

Root of All Evil

Money may not
grow on trees
But far too many people
are willing to go
out on a limb for it

#satire #sarcasm #humor #funny #idiom #money #tree #evil