A long distance call
Our apartment was small
Kisses in the rain
The first labor pain
A girl then a boy
Both brought us joy
You opened up a beer
I didn't want you near
Your not who you were
Our life now unsure
God knows I tried
A million tears cried
I gave you a choice
You ignored my voice
In your drunken state
You showed only hate
Nothing left to try
Time to say goodbye
The kids stayed with me
But now you were free
Soon you found another
She became a mother
You threw the beer away
The man I loved today
©S. Austin Vincoski
Still darkness
The abyss
Holy hell
All of this
A white noise
Words amiss
Hush, silence
All of this
Aching mind
Demons bliss
Tortured soul
All of this
Tarnished dream
Failure's kiss
Decayed hope
All of this
Bleeding out
Brute justice
Torn, splintered
All of this
©S. Austin Vincoski
When does love die
When does hate grow
I have asked why
Still, I don't know
I've been adored
I've been betrayed
How to turn back
Or let it fade
Hate is for real
Love can't pretend
Some wounds don't heal
Some hearts won't mend
Time and more time
The pain and tears
Losing myself
On wasted years
©S. Austin Vincoski
Always the hunted
Treated as prey
Setting your traps
I can't get away
You plan a scheme
Map out a plot
Hiding your snares
Until I am caught
My role is a victim
And courage I lack
Cowardly scented
Crudly you attack
Continually baited
So trusting and meek
I'm game and a game
My suffering you seek
To wound, but not kill
Sustained, I'm not free
Gutted, yet once again
It's open season on me
©S. Austin Vincoski
