More and more
Of the words
Spewing from his mouth
Are flat out lies
In my eyes
I see no more
Credibility in his words
He might as well
Be speaking gibberish
Because it means
So little any more
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – credibility
I’m a pretty easy-going person
I have a lot of patience
And I can tolerate a lot
But I do hate one thing
It is not your inability to quit
it is not the shell of your former self
it never was you
but the demon that controlled you
forced you to lie
forced to keep drinking
forced you to walk away
the demon that ended your life
I hate that alcoholism
Took you away forever
From a daughter that needed you
And from me who still loved
The man drowning in the bottle
Written for Fandango’s Dog Days of August (FDDA) # 19 – hate
(picture from Google search)
I just can’t believe it
I’m so angry I could spit
You broke your promise again
I feel like I can never win
Shattered dreams in the night
Hoping it will work out right
You swore this time you wouldn’t do it
But I sit here watching you get lit
You’re past the all night partying age
Your latest lie gives me pure rage
Shattered dreams in the night
Hoping it will work out right
The last straw that broke my back
Was because of compassion you lack
My mom’s death didn’t keep you sober
That’s when I knew it was over
Shattered dreams in the night
Hoping it will work out right
You kept drinking all day
No matter what I’d say
I couldn’t watch you slowly die
I was tired of my nightly cry
Shattered dreams in the night
Hoping it will work out right
And in a short time
You were no longer mine
You died in your bed
Still with demons in your head
Shattered dreams in the night
Nothing about this was right
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – rage
He lied again
Right to my face
Said he was at the bar
It’s his hiding place
He lies all the time
Drinks night and day
And spend hours away
Doing what I can’t say
I’m now past the point
Of angry and mad
Irate is the emotion
I suddenly had
I won’t do this anymore
I have had enough
Out the door he goes
With all of his stuff
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – irate
Disingenuous
Insincere about his love
He lied to my face
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – disingenuous
In the dead of night
The darkness falls
Sending the masses home
Leaving a stark barren street
Echos of a distant train
Split the silence
A cat is on a silent prowl
Looking for food
And as you sleep
Dreams floating through
The madness comes to call
Sending you into nightmares
Where fate takes control
And you must meet
Your demons face to face
For the lies you told
Will always come after you
Sooner or later
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – stark
Complication
Frustration
At the end of my rope
Your lies
And alibis
I just can’t cope
…
Goodbye
(Don’t cry)
I finally see some hope
He said forever
He meant 6 months
He said anytime
He meant when it was convenient for him
He said love
He meant I’ll take what I need
…
It took me too long to learn
To read between the lines
Now I am bewildered and alone
Haunted by what he said
Broken by what he meant
She wanted to give him the world
He began to entertain the thought
He played along with the game
Believing it would never happen
Then when she tried to give it all to him
He only seemed amused and left
He never believed her and had only fed her lies
She was distraught and alone
Left with so much to give and no one to believe
In her and her love…
You varnish the truth
With another coat of lies
Thinking I wont notice what is real
Hidden behind your story
But after years of this
I know how you lie
And will no longer be sucked in
The stench of your lies
Is as strong as the whiskey on your breath
I know you’ve been drinking
And it breaks my heart again
If only you would see
The damage each drop creates
So go ahead and brush on another layer
And stain what relationship we have left
Somehow the truth will win in the end
