She turned and walked away
It was impossible to talk to him
He was drunk again and
He wouldn’t remember a bit of it
It was the usual fight
She had asked him not to drink
He said he wouldn’t
Just a half an hour later
He was well on his way
The dispute had turned the corner
To his total denial about drinking
She felt like he thought she was stupid
Didn’t smell the alcohol on his breathe
Didn’t see the bottle beside his chair
Didn’t notice he was unable to stand still
Didn’t hear the slurring of the words he spoke
It was all too familiar
And it again broke her heart
She climbed the stairs
Sat on the side of the bed
And began to cry again
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – dispute
Leigha Robbins 
Such a sad and moving poem Leigha
Thank you Sadje!
My pleasure