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A Drunk's Prison

A Drunk's Prison Having sold cold misery to enjoy the lack of pain drinking spirits to blot out the cold hard rain Beaten down, busted out and without prayer or hope thinking of a long step and a short rope Another shot of whiskey to ease such morbid thoughts This season of woes always brings out inner demons to play skipping rope while cursing them to just leave they sing unhappy and merciless off key melodies Another shot banishes them straight to hell replaced by wailing women demanding more time! No respect for a man drinking and desperately thinking of just how far once was up to have just now grabbed sickness! Another drink sends them back to Hades RED COLORS BLASTING EYES SHUT ! Fallen and there is no getting up until the spirit leaves ! Not another shot, tomorrow they find this useless old tattered body! Robert L. 08- 23 1987

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Lynn Marie

Date: 3/12/2017 2:16:00 PM

A very bold write Robert, the agony of your words quite profound. So many suffer, it is so sad and your poem expresses the ravages of this disease. Terrific writing :-) Congratulations on being featured! many blessings to you, lynn

Shadow Hamilton

Date: 5/25/2014 4:02:00 AM

great write Robert congrats on win hugs

Robert Lindley
Date: 5/25/2014 10:29:00 AM

Thank you my friend. Appreciate the congrats and the hugs! I am pleased my write found favor with so many . I hope it may have given cause for readers to understand how truly bad a disease so many suffer from! My brother being one of those suffering.

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 5/24/2014 6:28:00 AM

Wonderful poem here Robert ! Indeed a deserving great win ,, congrats !

Robert Lindley
Date: 5/24/2014 9:19:00 AM

Thanks for the congrats. That was written because I have seen the devastation the disease has wrecked upon my brother's life. I feel for anybody suffering from it and also those that they in turn so negatively affect.

Verlena S. Walker

Date: 5/23/2014 11:03:00 PM

Congratulations on winning in PD's contest. Verlena

Robert Lindley
Date: 5/24/2014 12:49:00 AM

Thank you much my friend.

Joseph May

Date: 5/23/2014 9:08:00 PM

Congrats on your win Robert...it is a very devastating addiction

Robert Lindley
Date: 5/23/2014 9:10:00 PM

Thanks for the congrats my friend!

Pandita Sietesantos

Date: 5/23/2014 11:16:00 AM

Congratulations on your win!!! Well-deserved, my friend!

Robert Lindley
Date: 5/23/2014 5:35:00 PM

Thank you very much for the congrats my friend!!

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/23/2014 10:17:00 AM

HELLO, ROBERT LINDLEY, my poetic friend. Congratulations,. I hope you don't mind your placement in my contest. Out of past experience, I know many don't like when I don't have a first or second placement. However, this is my judgment, and it only feels right, to place each poem, in the order I would have, as if there had been a first or second placement. Believe me, I'm not taking from you or your winning poem. Hugs, and enjoy my blog, "Conundrum" if you'd like. Have yourself a sweet day. ...always Linda

Robert Lindley
Date: 5/23/2014 5:37:00 PM

Not a problem my friend. Your contest and you are the judge. I am just honored and humbly appreciative to have placed!

Cathy Kaiser

Date: 5/11/2014 11:06:00 AM

you writing is amazing and I don't tell many people that. You are great with writing keep it up.

Robert Lindley
Date: 5/11/2014 11:27:00 AM

Thanks my friend. I do my best in the hope that it helps somebody. Delighted and humbled when it does.

Cathy Kaiser

Date: 5/10/2014 12:49:00 PM

Oh my, i love this! I am in recovery as well, mine is N.A. I have 30 yrs of clean time and i appreciate the message here. You have true wisdom that is not hinted but shouts with a great voice! No thank you for writing. This needs to be sent to recovery groups on line they would love it!! btw, i adore the line: Red Colors Blasting eyes shut, great line my new friend!

Robert Lindley
Date: 5/10/2014 7:12:00 PM

A humble thank you for your words and your 30 year victory. Feel free to present it at any recovery group you know of with my blessing! If it helped in any way it would be my pleasure..

Cathy Kaiser
Date: 5/10/2014 12:50:00 PM

sorry meant now thank you for writing. not no....LOL sorry typo there.

Robert Pettit

Date: 5/9/2014 12:16:00 AM

One of my cousins who is now deceased was addicted to alcohol. He overcame the evil and became a lecturer for Alcoholics Anonymous. You have an excellent write here.

Robert Lindley
Date: 5/10/2014 7:10:00 PM

Thanks my friend. Great to hear of his victory! I wish all could find such triumph!!

Sara Kendrick

Date: 5/6/2014 9:46:00 AM

Sad what addictions can do to the human being..Great expressiveness in this one..Thanks for the visit to my page. Sara

Robert Lindley
Date: 5/6/2014 6:19:00 PM

Saddest part of all is the weakness that stops a fine man from being a positive influence to the world. Inability to save himself! For none other can save him. Only he can save himself and after decades he still refuses to do so. Sadness is too tame a word to describe how I feel about it and for my brother!

Robert Lindley

Date: 5/6/2014 7:33:00 AM

Thanks much.. After years of talks even I can only glimpse it myself. It is a dark pit filled with invisible serpents that bite vicious bites and the only pleasure is when they stop for short periods. I can not convey his torment well but he can and does, sometimes with tears.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/6/2014 12:05:00 AM

Robert, I can't imagine the pain, your brother fell in. It's not something I know much of, when it comes to drinking, I don't know what to say, to the ones doing it. Thank you for sharing. Hugs...linda

Robert Lindley
Date: 5/6/2014 6:22:00 PM

Thanks..... Praying they decide to live instead of just existing in a dark and drunken stupor is best . Hard to accept but one can not force them to recover. Has to be a desire to really live from within their battered spirit!

Robert Lindley

Date: 5/5/2014 11:22:00 PM

My much younger brother is an alcoholic. Stories he tells would make you cry! Pain he feels does that to me. Health extremely bad likely to not last long now. There but for the grace of God go I....