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Dsyfucntional Relationship


Online match,

We both swiped right,

Could of been left,

Sigh, I didn't see the catch.

 

Meeting for first drink,

Totaly mystery,

Nerves, anxious, and misery,

Absolute pure clarity.

 

Alarm bells go off in my head,

Pulling at heart strings,

Shouting,

'Get out of the there'.

 

Heavenly body,

This was your tool,

Fragrance of desire,

Got me fooled.

 

Words not spoken,

Not your way,

Text of suggestion,

Hook, line, and sinkered me. 

 

Over time,

Act became a play,

Neediness, control, and dsyfuncitonal life,

Total dismay.

 

By this time, I'm all in,

Wrapped around your crazy life,

Head starts,

Spinning.

 

People pleasing is your role,

Makes your fullfilled,

Because,

Unable to face own darkened soul.

 

Project the hurt,

Caught in the room,

Directed at me,

Wow, what a fuckin loon.

 

Over time, wears me down,

Takes a heavy toll,

Used to your vampire ways,

Draining energy out of my depleted soul.

 

Broken was me, putting up with thee,

 Domestic emotional abuse,

Begged you to stop

Weren't to be. 

 

Lost in a maze,

Losing cognition, my head a complete faze,

Running away, had to do,

Pleading with me, saying 'I can't stand to be without you'. 

 

Numbness and pain,

Became the norm,

Those close to me, and even strangers, saying,

'You look worn'.

 

Move away, had to do,

Losing my mind, 

A sure thing,

Act quickly, soon.

 

Pit of despair, all alone,

Don't recognise oneself, no longer care,

How could it get to this?

Please lord show me how to fix.

 

Way was dark,

Journey very deep,

Regular sleepless nights,

Head can't seem to keep.

 

Close to nervous breakdown, 

What it took,

Shown relationship with self was unhealthy,

This was what it took.

 

On the mend,

Out the way,

Life back on track again,

Never again. 

 

 

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WestLondonMan

Like a lot of us been through shitty parts in my life. In 2018 I was living in London, attending a part time acting school. It was a great time. Also I was presenting at an event, one of the tutors at the acting school took me under his wing and mentored me. Part of that process he taught me how to write poetry, or at least express myself through it. Now, I write a poem every day, I write for a hobby. I've had a varied career, the only thing I can say is writing is the best things I've ever done. I absolutely love it. Have got 14 publications on a short story website and launching my own website in December 2022, http://www.PeterGreenhall.com Feel free to add any comments. I hope you enjoy reading my poems as much as I enjoyed putting them together.

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