Challenged

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Challenged (confessions of an enabler) I am addicted to love, Not by chance, but total romance. I was slain, not once but many times. Perhaps that is because I am vain? I can not help myself, to abstain even from the pain. I love. I love to love… I love to love too much? I am destined and drained, But I never refrained. The demons of the night Are those that I fight, taking advantage of my plight. Woes… I have them. Written for contest addicted, slain, demons, vain, abstain, woes, destined, drained 14-24 lines Enabler definition - one that enables another to achieve and/or to persist in self-destructive behavior (drugs or abuse) by giving them excuses.

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/4/2019 7:12:00 PM

hey, you did a great job with those words. Are they from a contest challenge elsewhere? GREAT poetry.

Ann Foster
Date: 8/4/2019 7:37:00 PM

No. I just saw the challenge on the list earlier today. Thank you by the way. :) It was a lot of fun. Hope you are having the nicest day... Butterflies and tiny tiny elves that use them for kites... coming by later... hehe... blessings.. to you... Ann

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/4/2019 6:48:00 PM

This is such a beautiful write, and the sense of being vulnerable makes it classic.

Ann Foster
Date: 8/4/2019 8:43:00 PM

We are all weak for certain people. It can be worse than a drug. "vulnerable"... a true word... a real word, sometimes underappreciated by those that have no empathy at all. I would love to collect up a few dictionaries, and theos, to pass to a few people. I, first, would of course helpfully underline and highlight some words in all of them, that need to be remembered and taken to heart a bit more often. :) Ann

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 8/4/2019 5:39:00 PM

Hello Ann Foster, you have created a lovely poem. have a nice evening my friend.

Ann Foster
Date: 8/4/2019 6:30:00 PM

:) hugs for your Sunday... You are so sweet. Ann

Line Gauthier

Date: 8/4/2019 5:12:00 PM

Superbly penned, Ann. Great job!

Ann Foster
Date: 8/4/2019 5:14:00 PM

You are so kind. Thank you, friend. Have the brightest day... Ann