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Strangers in the Night by Heather Sargent Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Rated "G" by the Author. Share Print Save Become a Fan A reflection on the distance and resentment that can corrupt a marriage.
I lie awake in the quietness of the night, watching him resentfully in his alcohol induced sleep Again he comes home with smoky liquor on his breath eyes vacant of expression with broken spirit tucked behind some wall Years of bad decisions line his face, look in his darkened eyes and you see a wounded little boy hiding inside a grown man's soul My husband, the father of my children is this stranger lying next to me Years of bad choices haunt my dreams and yet here I lie watching him sleep
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