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The whole house was dim
Only the oven flames burning
We couldn't find you
Our blood began churning
We scoured each room
Our heartbeats are yelling
To find you alone
Deranged and repelling
You stink of poison
It seeps through your skin
An odor so potent
So easy to pin
I smell the resin
Of two day old sweat
Your eyes somehow open
With no signs of regret
A vision of a junkie
No more and no less
To weak to confront it
Just claim duress
Your cheeks sunken deeply
Thinned to the bone
Straggly haired
A look made of stone
Lips dried to crust
Feverishly dehydrated
Spoke like a child
Eyes blank and dilated
The sirens grew closer
You resisted the aid
I promised you solace
But you can’t be afraid
A few hours later
You were awake
I begged of you
To know what’s at stake
You created two angels
That will surely turn sour
Blame it all on yourself
Its their souls you’ll devour
When the urges arise
Remember the day
We found you alone
JUST A HEARTBEAT AWAY
Copyright © Eryka Freeman | Year Posted 2007
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Your sad and your ugly
Worth not even a life
No good as a mother
Make a terrible wife
I love you my friend
You are my world
Can we make love?
As my skin crawled
So we got into bed
And I closed my eyes
A few minutes of torture
A few silent cries
He turned on his side
When we were done
He shut the lights
Thanks, that was fun
A few moments later
He was asleep
I took a shower
Felt dirty and cheap
Every so often
There was no fight
I enjoyed the neglect
Just one easy night
On our tenth anniversary
He said lets go away
We'll celebrate us
And we'll find our way
With naive dreams
I agreed with all smiles
To go on this trip
Just us for miles!
We laughed on the way
A few hours a lifetime
It was quite lovely
Until it reached nighttime
When we arrived
I put on my dress
Your to skinny he said
You look like a mess
So I opened my bag
And I had no doubt
A couple of these
Are just my way out
My hands felt the tingle
My head was now clear
I said I'll change
Will you be happy my dear?
Didn't remember that night
Then the sun would appear
And just as suspected
What would I hear
Get a hold of yourself
Your full of sorrow
You make me sick
I might love you tomorrow
With another day left
I knew it would be rough
I'll just take one more
Then throw away the stuff
We drank that night
Then I think we got high
I loved him so much
For him I would die
We made love and the slept
Then when we awoke
From the first word I said
Was enough to provoke
His veins were alive
His blood was on fire
So angry at nothing
Was it this I'd desire
Guess I don't have to tell you
It never has changed
He did this enough
Where my mind was derranged
Then one day it happened
I rose from the dead
I felt something different
When I got out of bed
It suddenly hit me
I remembered my name
Now this was scary
Overwhelmed with shame
Ten years of today
Put my soul on display
To pick and to poke at
For this boy to play
A lot of wear on my body
But not quite yet broke
Put my pieces together
For I am no joke
My daughters a beauty
My son almost a man
I'll do it for them
I know that I can!
You cannot do it
You can't provide
If it wasn't for me
You would have died
Thats what he said
When we walked out the door
For the first time ever
I was honestly sure
Hope my story ends happy
Now that I'm in control
The rest is all mine
Forget the ten years he stole
Copyright © Eryka Freeman | Year Posted 2006
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