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How to love an addict:
Come here a moment,
Sit down
While I stitch up that
Same, sore wound
You’ve reopened so many times.
If you don’t mind, I’m
Putting in a small piece of my heart
Before I close this up
Just as little as I can give;
At trite relic, really.
When I’m done I want you to leave
Shut the door behind you
And never look back.
I'm stitched up in you,
But I'm not a surgeon
and I'm not saint
and I want to keep close
what's left of my heart.
Sit down
While I stitch up that
Same, sore wound
You’ve reopened so many times.
If you don’t mind, I’m
Putting in a small piece of my heart
Before I close this up
Just as little as I can give;
At trite relic, really.
When I’m done I want you to leave
Shut the door behind you
And never look back.
I'm stitched up in you,
But I'm not a surgeon
and I'm not saint
and I want to keep close
what's left of my heart.
Published 7th Jan 2015
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7th Jan 2015 3:03am
7th Jan 2015 10:20pm
7th Jan 2015 3:55am
I am sorry. That has to be hard. You have a big, strong heart that is to be admired.
7th Jan 2015 9:26am
An addict only has one true love. The high. Until all human comfort is gone. Will he/she realise that a chemical does not compare to a lovers embrace. Let them go with that piece of you engrained in their being. The answer will be seen in time. Chemical delusion or Human connection.
7th Jan 2015 3:33pm
Carlw, that's exactly what I have come to learn..and it's been a difficult lesson. Thank you for your comment.
Anonymous
7th Jan 2015 11:19am
that is a generous heart you have. hopefully giving, even just a small piece, will not always haunt you.
nice write.
nice write.
7th Jan 2015 10:21pm
No, it's all I have left to give! It's just keeping the rest intact that's hard.
Anonymous
7th Jan 2015 1:56pm
Wonderful write.. I really liked this.. Into the list it goes.. Well done..
Dave
Dave
7th Jan 2015 10:21pm
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7th Jan 2015 9:51pm
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8th Jan 2015 00:06am
8th Jan 2015 2:58pm
I understand fully where you'er coming from. but sometimes you have to put barbwire and a force field around your heart to protect what you have left.
15th Jan 2015 10:34am
