LITTLE WHITE LIES   (prp  2002)

You traded me for a white line I could not cross,
It seemed no loss
When breathing deep,
eluding sleep.

Although, unplanned,
the line was drawn here where I stand
A line longer than your love, wider than the sea
Dividing you farther and farther from me.

Wide awake? 
What was at stake for those open eyes that were no longer sleeping?
The deed stronger than your will
Consumes all you dream of still.
Was the barter made
one worthy of the keeping?


"Little White Lies" addresses a topic no one wants to "own".  Yet, everyone of us have been touched...sometimes SLAPPED by drug abuse.  We have lost loved ones, friends...made choices that destroyed our own pathways...burned bridges...ended relationships.  This poem explains the viewpoint of "collateral damage" those whose heart was broken by the choices of someone they loved.  An ultimatum was made.  Yet, both stood their ground.  The End.  Give this some thought.  Share it with someone who is choosing to draw that white line ....or is denying its existence with a little "white Lies".... prp