Solarion

I just had some toxical notions
of drinking some treacherous potions
but I had some fish
and a vegetable dish
so now I'm as full as the oceans

DG0409

Today's task was to fix the AC
But it started pouring rain on poor little me
So I guess I'll just have to stay inside
Maybe tomorrow the storm will subside
I'll have to make new plans for the meantime

Perhaps a hot bath with candles and bubbles
While I listen to the thunder rumble
Or perhaps I could crawl in bed and read a book
Or drink hot coffee and out the window look

Maybe bake some cookies or maybe a pie
Then to the living room and on the couch I'll lie!

But these plans are just my wishes
Instead, I have to wash all the dishes
Do some laundry and sweep the floor
Then do some work so I won't be poor

SnoozyQ

I'm glad you didn't post it on haiku Elsy or we may have missed it.

Beautiful xxx

Elseware

Check out the Haiku thread, Snoozy. There's some great stuff over there.

SnoozyQ

I came in here to read some new
Hoping for a poem or two
Where the hell are all my friends
I like beginnings don't like ends

So drag your little butts back here
I need a dose of Limerick cheer
11 days there's been no post
This was the thread we used most

If I come tomorrow & still no cheer
I'll hunt you down have no fear
This lapse of verse has gone too far
I'll smack you ! you know who you are !

DG0409

Oh my dear SnoozyQ
With a rhyme like that
You may scare off anyone new
But I understand the sentiment, I do

On my long sobriety quest
I've found this thread better than the rest
So many ups and downs leaving me reeling
I'd come here to let out all my feelings

I used to come so I could vent
About how things with my boyfriend went
When Carlos dropped in, he was up in arms
He thought I meant offense to all men
But then he realized I meant no harm

Now that boyfriend is no longer in my life
And I face much less strife
But you know, sometimes I miss him
And all of my life from way back when
Once upon a time, he really was my best friend

We went through so much
And while some of it was tough
There were good times in between
And that feeling of 'you and me'

But I have to keep in mind
All the insane times
The past has left it's mark
I know we're better off apart

And part of me is still an addict inside
Most of the time, that part hides
There's this new sober me
And a life that's calm and free
But sometimes it feels like it'd be easy to backslide

Not to say that I'm going to go there
But I get nostalgic about the dark, comfortable lair
Funny how we're drawn to what we know
Even when it will never help us grow

I keep moving on
And as sobriety goes along
I'm becoming more used to my new life
And if I went back to my old ways
I'd miss all that I have in my life today

SnoozyQ

I love you DG
Thanks so much for indulging me , your poems are a joy to read. I've missed them .

Please come back dear limerick friends

zerothehero

once in awhile i lose my mind
i start to stumble and go half blind
but it's not zero
who is my hero
but the friends on SR i can always find

SnoozyQ

Thanks Zero , even when you seemed to e posting on your own for a while here , I still read all your poems

Elseware

I wrote poems cause I was suffering
It gave me a way to forget
It gave me a way of buffering
The pain that each day I met

Those first few months were very hard
Depression, deep, a great black hole
It seemed to me I drew the wrong card
But now I have back my soul

It is just the road I had chosen
Couldn't turn back. Nothing was there
Mockery of life. Cold. Stark. Frozen
Now to the world I declare

I'm me again but forever changed
I'm quieter now, and kinder
To some I may even seem strange
Don't care. It's a reminder

zerothehero

i try to write a poem a day
even when i've nothing to say
but on this thread i feel alone
so once again i'll toss a bone
to the limerickers i know and love
check out some of their poems above
the haiku thread sees daily action
perhaps the brevity is the attraction
for now though i won't go hit no bars
instead i'm watching dancing with the starts

SnoozyQ

Sometimes we rise sometimes we fall
Sometimes we think we know it all
Yep just one drink and I'll be right
What a stupid fool I was that night

I always new it lurked near me
That hideous atrocity
It creeps on up when things are good
Deep down one day I knew it would

But saying that I had it covered
It wasn't gonna make me smothered
In feelings of euphoria
Here's another ! More for Ya

I should say no nah I'll be fine
I'm ok with My state of mind
im 2 years in so chill on out
& get rid of that stupid pout

Don't look at me like you know best
You've always been the hottest mess
All you did was start the clock
You're own fault that you've run amok

You knew the risks You knew the shame
There are no winners in this game
Us alchy chicks are all the same .

Youre my sisters I need help
I did even let ice melt
You told me no I'll regret
I saw you drink my mind was set

It wasn't you its all on me
Drunken yes , sisters 3
What will we do , how will this end
When I can no longer be your friend

SnoozyQ

I so get this Elsy xxx

SnoozyQ

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SnoozyQ

Take me to those carefree days
No bottles, glasses carefree ways
Drinking is so complicated
Problems become inundated

solace here within this thread
Out of strife back to bed
I'll read take note & read some more
Back near the people I adore .

XOX

DG0409

Hi my dearest SnoozyQ
I know it may be hard to do
But poor the bottle down the drain
Hop back on the sober train
Yesterday is gone, today in new

I know the pain of relapse
But don't leave the end to happenstance
We're still here for you
And you know what to do

Remember that a sober day
Is really just a day away
I know you're filled with dread
But coming back will start to clear the demons from you head

Love you Snoozy. I'm not around SR much these days, but feel free to PM me- I get notifications of PMs to my email, so I'll see it even if I'm not on SR.

And please stick close to SR- whether you're still drinking or not. Don't let yourself get isolated. I know relapsing sucks, but we can come back from that stronger than before.

zerothehero

good to see you all back here
sober, drunk or far or near
let's not have a round of beer
but rather, hugs and sober cheer

Elseware

Snoozy, we're here for you
No matter what you do
We'll help you start again anew

Life is hard. That's the truth
It comes at you with claw and tooth
Bringing with it all uncouth

Stay close. We'll help you, dear
The way you've helped so many here
We all still love you. I hope that's clear.

SnoozyQ

DG , Else Zero thanks for that I need to move& not look back
It's harder than I ever thought Gone from top now back to nought
I can't believe I ****** it up back in line to addicts club

I can't believe I didn't seeRelapse had its eyes on me
I thought those days were dead and gone
Bloody hell was I sure wrong

Picking up the pieces now I only hope that I know how
How quickly this thing gets a hold , my lovely life in a fold
I feel like crap I look like shittt , there's more to life and I want it

gleefan

Snooze, my dear,
You're not at naught.
To say so discredits
All the battles you've fought.

You were sober a long while.
You had a good long run.
Just because you chose to drink
Doesn't mean your life is done.

Pick up the pieces.
Get stronger from the break.
Understand your triggers
So you don't repeat the same mistake.

Snooze we are here for you
In limericks of every length.
Together we stay sober
And feel each others' strength.