Loving an addict is torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Feeling them struggle daily;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
watching their need overcome their better nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n
over and over and over,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
repeatedly choosing the Darkness<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to try and fill their Void. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their smile fading into memory<\/p>\n\n\n\n
as the fa\u00e7ade cracks and peels,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the foundation unsure and shifting<\/p>\n\n\n\n
before it all collapses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lies to hide their pain,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
but you can feel it in all they do<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and it echoes into your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Walking on eggshells<\/p>\n\n\n\n
yet needing to put your foot down,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
tough love required and feared<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to protect them from themselves<\/p>\n\n\n\n
as they run into pain;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
as they run from pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flashes of memories<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of happiness and hope,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
then swamped in desperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And there is nothing you can do<\/p>\n\n\n\n
when you are addicted to the addict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Loving an addict is torture. Feeling them struggle daily; watching their need overcome their better nature over and over and over, repeatedly choosing the Darkness to try and fill their Void. Their smile fading into memory as the fa\u00e7ade cracks and peels, the foundation unsure and shifting before it all collapses. The lies to hide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Addicted.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions\/292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}