my niece by marriage to the dead man

[creativesoul]

she was never really wrapped too tight
when she was a little
she talked and moved her head back and forth
the way the kids in lock down did
her mouth was always moving
even when sense did not come out
the chinese say all evil enters thru the mouth
and exits from there
i have to believe that
since she is whacked on cocaine and booze most of the time
with autistic children and a bum for a husband

now it would seem after trying to kill herself three times
she is like a ball of rage
lashing out at anyone and everyone
that will someday be able to help
she is on an island within an island
with no boat to escape
except drugs and booze
they always let you down
bring you to your knees
not reliable friends
all that ends with me
i am done
with people from that family
almost grateful that that man is gone
the things he did
the example he set
for that poor screwed up child
now an adult?
perhaps she is just a kiss away or a shot away from gimmie shelter
but i doubt it
sad to watch the demise of a sick little girl
she never got the treatment she needed
her family kept telling her she was all right
guess i am lucky
my family never approved of me
so they couldnt enable me
or help me to stabilize
i had to do it
my granny said'do not have a nervous breakdown.... everyone will step right over you"
as ususal she was right

[dadio]

sad but well captured.

[the mingo]

i'd like your granny. vitamin B-12 tablets wouldn't melt in her mouth. You can usually count on an elder to have sharply incisive insight into the spiritually mundane, as if there might be such a thing.

[creativesoul]

thanx you guys-been a wild ride- but i know that i did what i could do= aloha

[Arcadia]

you, your niece & granny wrapped by this poem, moving writing creativesoul, gracias!