One night I was dreaming,
I woke up and heard screaming.
Too afraid, I lie in bed,
Quivering under the covers.
Next I hear a crash through the wall,
Another crimson hand print to the skin.
Followed by shouts,
I panic in denial and doubt.
Silence falls once again,
It's morning.
Go downstairs,
Mom's car is gone.
What else is new?
She'll be back by night,
She always is after the same old fight.
Dad's out of sight.
He's probably in bed,
With a swollen head.
Consuming so much alcohol,
No one feels bad.
Just another day in the life,
With my alcoholic dad.
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Written January 12th, 2003
A contest entry
- Drug Addiction by isa.
300 points, ended April 13, 2004, 35 entries
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this poem is completly real. kinda hard to read though with the text being so close tot he background color, had to highlight it. but this shows a lot of depth into what you feel and the situation.
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thank you for entering my contest anf thank you for sharing your words with us. Good luck.
-Isa -
Well, at least your mom could get away in a car for the night! My mom tried that once and ended up unconscious in the middle of a street.... anyway this is a sad write, but deep and painful I like it
Much thanks for entering and good luck
Cheerios!
Meg
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Yeah my dad used to be like this also thank god he Changed a LITTLE! but great write and GOOD LUCK!
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Hey Suicidual Dream:
I understand this all too well. My dad isn't exactly an alcholic, but he's close. He's abusive, not to my mom, but me. Not so much, now that I've almost 17, but it still went on. I'm sorry for you having to go through this. And I know all the pityful "I'm Sorry"s in the world couldn't make you feel better. It hasn't me.
:wub:
Tasha -
awww this is so sad!!i now how u feel my moms bf is always drunk and mad he dosent he hit me but he gets all mad and starts freaking out and does karate and shit and starts fighting his friends!!but ya i hope ur dad quits drinking!!
Jen -
don't touch it!
heh...fucking abusive, worthless alcoholic parents piss me off more than anything. my girlfriends parents are like that and it kills me that she has to go through that...nice write
-deadinside -
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yea..i know the feelings here too..my mom's an alcoholic..and while she's been sober for 3 years..she drank for 14 years of my life..it still affects me though. I always thought the problems..the pain..would stop when she stopped drinking..but it takes much more than that. Great write! -
excellent
yeah, my dad was pretty much the same only he didnt need the alcohol to beat the hell out of my family...'Another crimson hand print to the skin.' i love that line...
~SW~ -
don't touch it!
i know this, uve read my poem, Starnger, he always had a can of beer in his hand and if he didnt he would make me or my brother go get him atleast 2, my mom was so angry at him for that, but i like the flow of this poem. -
don't touch it!
i can relate to this my boyfirends mom used to drink alot and all he would have to do is look at her and she would beat the hell out of him it was so aweful to hear about and even though it's stopped now that he's 18 it still haunts him every day this is a truly great write
Kittara
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