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THE RIFT

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THE RIFT

You do realize that we passed each other in the store today,

As "hello" rolled off my tongue, you looked the other way,

How is it years ago the two of us once shared a name?

Now days you despise it, as if it only brought you shame,

It's sad really, this rift between us that widens over time,

I've come to grips with the guilt cast upon me for my crime,

I know this might sound absurd but I self-destructed for you,

With love missing, I did what I had to do though I didn't want to,

It could have been found again, but I wasn't exactly how sure,

This damned disease had such a clench on me and I saw no cure,

Nothing about me resembled the man you had once married,

Foolish fondness for all things toxic had that man dead and buried,

I walked the line, teetering between living and a suicidal tendency,

How is it you couldn't see or were you enabling my dependency?

What sucked you in, was it my deviance or the nature of my game?

I know you knew, but on deaf ears fell cries that called your name,

There's wisdom you gain when privileged with hindsight's view,

I get it now you turned your head because you're just as guilty too…

-brad
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"I get it now you turned your head becaue you're just as guilty too..."

That line is amazing. I dont know what it was, but while the rest of the poem was good, that last line made it amazing.