Saturday, December 29, 2018

SLIPPING INTO MADNESS

SLIPPING INTO MADNESS

She stood in the door. Looking at me on the bed.
Smiled. And walked away. I never
saw her again.
The tap was dripping. I covered up all the holes
in the wall. Recovery begins with
addiction. She said.
Love was our problem. But I didn't know what love
was. A character in a Charlotte Bronte novel. Or the
angels in Dylan's voice.
I wanted to face the west wind. My hair blowing free.
My smile slipping into madness. But I only learned
in the old age home, that no one was watching.

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