You love them so, this they know, but how to respect that is something they don’t know.
There will always be the need for extra money,
the excuse is always good somehow their requests are coated with honey.
They will sell their clothes and their belongings and if they can they will sell yours.
They have no conscience, until maybe after the act when it is too late and they have time to think and pause.
Always they need , always they want . You will never sate their thirst.
The need for the needle, the bottle or the gamble is ever present and that will always come first.
Hide your purse, hide the cash, hide the car keys or you will loose them.
Then when that happens they will cover up and lie and swear on your life.
After the lies comes remorse.
The food can go from the cupboards, presents and toys too,
furniture, clothes nothing is sacred they have no choice the demon in them drives them to.
They loose care and love for family and friends. They will take from anyone,
anything they will break your heart and it never ends.
Is there hope, well there is some, but so much hard work must be done.
Recovery is hard so very hard, even when they are counting the days, weeks or years
you never can relax you are never out of the woods.
The thought of the demons’ return is ever here, an ever present fear..
You love them so, you help, you sort them out time and time again.
They will bleed your bank dry and bleed your heart dry they will cause you so much pain.
With any request for money the fear is always there,
do they need it for what they say or are they off the rails again….. OH! if only I did not care.
