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Coexistence

I heard you come in –
Late last night,
Quietly, to not awaken me.
You tiptoed down –
The hallway, slowly,
Making sure the floor didn’t creak.

You carefully climbed –
Into our bed,
So as to not cause shift or rumble.
For fear you might –
Have to explain,
Don’t want to get into any trouble.

I could smell the booze –
Upon your breath,
It permeated my pain inside.
I don’t know this person –
I’m sleeping with,
You’re a stranger by my side.

I still don’t know why –
You’re so distant,
You never look me in the eyes.
You never say –
“I Love You” anymore,
A simple nod seems to suffice.

How did we get –
To this unloving place,
Where we just simply coexist?
When it use to be –
Just you n’ me,
Somehow, we slipped and lost our grip.

Is there any way –
To salvage this,
Without going to hell and back?
Is there any chance –
We’ll find a way,
To get back what we once had?

Or is it just –
Too late for us,
Did we somehow miss that train?
Are we only here –
For the security,
Because we don’t want to face the pain?

What kind of life –
Is this we lead,
One of emotional abstinence?
Please help me to try –
And understand,
I can’t live in this coexistence!

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