Triny Xiang Poet Rhyme

Addiction is a jealous lover

I wake up in the morning
She is there tempting me 
Let’s dance, she sings
Lay your eye on me
You’ll be mine

I wish she wasn’t so jealous
I forget how to be with others
I forgot when it wasn’t us
She wants to tango together
Every chance, nonstop

I have things to do, I say
Do me instead, she tweets
Don’t go off doing other maids
Don’t cheat on me, she weeps
Never leave me, we say

I want a divorce, I toy
She won’t sign the papers
She’ll offer up her sister coy
A menage de trois improper
I’m no good at cutting ties

Let’s say our time is beguiled
Your spirit torn asunder
And me in my dull domicile
I could block your number
I may take you to court

But, I can’t separate
Me from me as if I could
Perhaps I’ll cleave my mate
But, she’s my limb bound 
The only one who knows me

How to leave a lover pining
Ignore the ringing phone
Drown out the knocking
But, she fills the hours gone
My jealous addiction

Crack open the door
Though I shouldn’t answer
Take in her perfume sour
Rip the divorce papers
Let’s be exclusive

It won’t be forever
When I’m gone you’ll wander
A new heart to plunder
Let go of me, my lover
And I’ll let go of you

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Hilda Greenhough April 1, 2024 at 3:15 PM Don't answer that phone or door! Addiction is terrible to be held prisoner by. I'm glad you wrote a poem that confronts it. Well done. Triny Xiang April 1, 2024 at 3:54 PM Thank you, Hilda. When the phone rings incessantly and the door knocks without end, what can one do? But, we can change addresses again and again one step in front of the other.