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Quiet Mornings

by Matthew-A-Cain

The morning after is always quiet, as she works tirelessly Burying her thoughts and her words in her work While he sits emotionless, purposefully oblivious Lying to himself that the bottle isn’t a problem His eyes have certain emptiness inside She plays strong but could cry on the drop of a dime I try and hide, make myself small stay outa sight A childhood defensive technique, trying not to die Ya fight night bell ringing Downstairs as they screaming Crowd of two crying Cause these walls ain’t thick enough The music ain’t loud enough The cuts ain’t deep enough To drown out the voices Cause long after they stop They’ll ring out Inside my mind, I try not to fall back in time Hands shaking, eyes crying, lips lying, mind wishing It would all be all right; things would work out, and in the morning I would wake from this dreadful dream of mine.
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Matthew-A-Cain
31 / M
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Aug 15, 2017
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#alcoholism#human#childhood
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