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'breaking the Trauma Bond'

'Breaking the Trauma Bond'
Do you still like me? 
Let me count the ways.  
The tired old familiar abuse,  
The ugly scowl,  
The “get outta here’s!” 
“Don’t give me that kind of sh..t!!” 
 
Vile venom heaped upon an unwary lover. 
I’ve been sucker punched, again. 
Fallen for the antics of yet another 
Unwilling, unable, unstable, and uncommitted to anything 
Other than his own pain and confusion.  
Oh, good! 
Someone NEW to hate!   
 
I know what comes next.  
The gifts I have given 
Treasures I’ve shared,  
Regard, respect, admiration, adoration and affection 
Willingly offered 
And received, 
Crudely discarded. 
Run through the disposal 
Put out with the garbage 
Neatly packed and 
Hauled off to storage.  
Archived with 
All the other
Past violations, 
Slanders and 
Cruel rebuffs.   
 
My body is crushed.  
My spine is mangled.  
My nerves are seared. 
“I don’t NEED any more PAIN!” 
I wail
Mentally shuffling through 
Well-worn files of 
Past encounters. 
Rage rises, 
The Ogre is demonized. 
Humiliated and dis-graced
Tears fall from fresh wounds.   
 
I take refuge 
In dreams resplendent 
Of laughter, pleasure
Joy and enjoyment 
Where wishes of the wisher are fulfilled, 
Where food and delight are found. 
Fueling fond fantasies of nobility of character, 
Decency and courage
An Equal. 
 
Bitter tears cease, 
Fury finally fades. 
And yet curiously,
The guilt remains. 
I choke on the olive branch of forgiveness,
Again.

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Kisses Are Delicious

Kisses are delicious.

They are nutritious.

They're good for you,

They're good for me,

Come and let me kiss ya,

A daily dose will do ya.

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Recovery

There’s a certain feeling 
When you close the door behind you. 
Freedom that comes 
Only with emotional safety. 
I don’t know where 
I don’t know how 
Not ever sure why
I accepted the invitation to spend the rest of
“Our lives together” 
 
Fast forward a week: red flags 
Fast forward two weeks: " " 
Fast forward a month
He’s a goner. 
“You were willing to fight so hard for this
I couldn’t be that kind of guy.” 
Huge, rolling, waving-in-the-wind Red Flag.
Everything crashing down in heaps. 
 
Got the picture? 
Sleepless nights 
Abandoned days 
ALL WE HAVE IS HINDSIGHT. 
Reminding me painfully of the time before 
And the time before that
And the time before that. 
 
Cannot recall the steady reliable influence of anyone 
Except the brutal rage of a tyrannical father 
Cruel sabotage of an evil stepmother 
Cinderella had it so good. 
How do I deal 
With the pain, the shame, the confusion, and guilt 
Failure, embarrassment, mutilation, horror
Of yet another 
Failed Relationship?
 
Pain so intense 
Waking me
3:00 AM ruminating miserably 
Good enough excuse for morning
Emotionally crippled as 
The Tin Man without oil.  
Four baths a day 
Ice cream by the tub 
Mind if I smoke? 
Just tell me where I blew it. 
 
Never will I ever share another man’s bed 
Until I’ve seen his spots 
The mask has slipped 
And he stands 
As emotionally naked 
As I require of myself. 
Intimacy that brings you to your knees 
On knees that no longer bend.
 
I never believed in recovery. 
Until I closed that door
Locked it 
And barricaded it.

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Ice Cream For Breakfast, Cheetoes For Dessert

Buckwheat and quinoa 
Ghee for me. 

Off to the store
To buy some more!

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Rise and Shine

Hot hot from the pot
The Earl of Grey
To start my day.
 
We sit and chatter
About this and that
Socrates and Plato
And things like that.
 
From a distant past
We flow through time,
Unfolding a future
Of precious dreams of mine.

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Ghee For Me

Buckwheat & quinoa

and ghee for me. 

Then off to the store,

To buy some more!