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The Co-dependent

Opening the door onto your secret,
my heart pounds at the display of old wounds. 
Healing achieved by clinging to nothing—
a future only obliquely glimpsed.

My heart pounds at the display of old wounds
where other’s careless words and barbs had pierced.
A future only obliquely glimpsed
through a whiskey bottle nearly empty.

Where other’s careless words and barbs had pierced,
going through life like that makes one anxious.
Through a whiskey bottle nearly empty,
discontent is always triggered by something.

Going through life like that makes one anxious;
healing achieved by clinging to nothing.
Discontent is always triggered by something—
opening the door onto your secret.


Copyright © Suzette Richards

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