Blue Tunes Addict

by ggeisel00

October 23, 2017

My love is a blue tunes addict

I find his tears stained on the sunken mattress

He's strewn dope vinyl across his bedspread

And he's injecting morphine

through his headset

My love is a blue tunes addict

His hits from joints come out as

smoke rings of sadness

He's explained before

that there's pain in his head

So he's hooked on the hurt

in lyrics that have been said

I used to wonder why

his addiction stayed

Until I felt some hurt of my own

and I understood those song's blue pain

My love and I

are blue tunes addicts

Both getting high on rhymes

with underlying madness

Through sorrowful sound waves

our drug cravings are met

I am a blue tunes addict

Words in happy songs

haven't seen the truth yet

Sometimes I ask about

the normalcy we have strayed from

but he just tells me to rewind the cassette

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ggeisel00Oct 23, 2017

<p>This poem is about a relationship I was in that led to me getting to a pretty dark part of my life, including with substance abuse. I often turn to artistic expression to deal with difficult emotions. Thankfully, I am in recovery and out of this relationship, but I think this period had a vital effect on the person and I am today, so it's important not to close the door on the past.</p>