through a glass darkly
I have loved you thus
while the yet cradled edges
prepare their hypothetical apologies
nostalgic deference bows
humbled within the myth..............
(August 8, 2015 719pm)
Author's Notes/Comments:
My poetic dedication to a very long time dear friend of mine who is very nearly 3 years sober now. I tried to put myself in her view of how she felt about it while she was still drinking as opposed to now nearly 3 years out sober and find the tiniest thread to follow poetically to explain her llong term ove affair with the stuff once.
A sister and a brother
drank all their lives
unable to tolerate an
uncomprehended
racist box.
.
More than to cope,
addiction owned
the panoramic view
of unwinnable
existences.
.
~S~