Short Maladaptive Poems

It takes two 
To tango within 
This maladaptive
Dance called
relationship...

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A hand full of bliss,
with life’s contentment, I 
woke up desolate....

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a body double 
a stand-in
for the emotional 
role was
posted upon the 
board 
no one showed 
no one answered 
the inquire 
no one wanted 
to take up that 
role within this 
maladaptive play...

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Not yet able to mask
The truth that lies
Inside 
Not yet able to hide
The abnormalcy that
Is pent up inside
The maladaptive mind's eye
Over time this will be achieved
It wouldn't happen over night
Its a learning process with a curve ball...

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backhanded compliments 
became the standard practice 
within our maladaptive version of normalcy 
which fell dependent upon 
a series of inconsistent 
swings in mood experienced   
within a single conversation 
which over time became the way 
of our world...

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guilty until
proven innocent
never once
innocent until
proven guilty 
seemed to be    
the standard
practice within 
this maladaptive 
relationship 
guilty verdicts 
pilled up within
the heart 
till one day 
there was 
no space 
left over for 
love to reside
anymore it 
had been pushed 
out by contempt...

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Emotional 
deflection
Feelings
departure
Mental
Diversion 
Subconscious
Detours 
Step out of reality
Step into unreality
Into an internal 
Deviation from 
Current citation
into the hearts irrationality 
From the heads rationality 
As a maladaptive means to an end 
Never to go down that road again 
The one that leads to needing you...

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marathon of deep seeded feelings 
a long-distance emotional
endurance race to the finish
a maladaptive mental competition 
that lasted an extremely long time 
that want great lengths to try and 
remain within the unhealthy contest 
within the game that played out year
after year between the two hearts that 
fell into the emotional trap long ago...

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rhetorical questioning 
deliberately thrown 
aimed bellow the belt
meant to hurt 
meant to injure 
meant to wound 
meant to sting
all in the name 
of dramatic affect 
used as a means 
of getting the intended 
point across within 
this play of swings 
in mood upon the 
maladaptive stage 
of this unhealthy 
realm of reality in 
which we lived...

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Two finger salute
They do a little dance
Gotta wash your hands
Two finger salute
Chew a piece of gum
Freshen up some
Two finger salute
Maladaptive solution
For a funhouse illusion
Two finger salute
I saw you through a mirror
Late in the night
Staring at myself so long
I saw through to the other side
You were combing your hair
You were brushing your teeth
I picture you reading in the den
With some food on the table
Picking up your pen
And writing
After a two finger salute...

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