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Living in the Shadow of an Alcoholic ParentBy Emma Speigler ISBN: 978 1 84747 022 5Published: 2006Pages: 80 DescriptionMissing Mummy looks at alcoholism and the effects it can have on a family. It provides an insight into the complex emotions of a child growing up with an alcoholic parent, whose mother was also an alcoholic. The poetry takes a journey of recovery to end with a message of hope, acceptance and forgiveness. About the Author Emma Spiegler has compiled a variety of 30 poems to offer the reader an insight into addiction and its consequences. Having lived with an alcoholic mother for 20 years, she has seen her mother suffer greatly from mental illness, and her mother has now entered the beautiful world of sobriety, stopping the cycle of addiction. Book ExtractThe Untold Memories Of Past SoulsA sadness filled stemOnly told by its droopinessForeverness in a stream of worriesA broken trust bond time and time againTears of a bird that only remains in the skyChildren left dyingWith only self preservation to surviveShare your warmth with meJust a little or twoTouch me you monsterBefore I internalise youEnvelope the creatures that so desperately crave for affectionCapture the wicked whose heads must be stamped onDeath is intolerable even words can’t describeEmotions like waterfallsEach trickle access deniedKilling sprees are destined as are too the embryo’sLife is a journey that will never be knownOpen your eyes and your secrets will pourFixing your hairs only closes your poresGiving hope of the daylightSafety of the infinite starsGrazing the knucklesWhen there are already scarsStarving the nationsBleeding them dryVersace and lip-glossThere is something in my eyeQuietness is blissBut then company is missedLaughter is a blessingFor there is beauty in painLove is a giftWith a thousand namesGrowth is a promiseWe must keep to ourselvesPatience is a virtueThat must be sold on shelvesTime is a presentToday is my feastWater is my sanctuary where I defeat the beastsPeoples are searchingExpression through natureCountries are cryingMothers dumped in a dumpsterForgetting an art form and love a true wonderGreed a phenomenonAnd guilt a natural disasterHeaven’s doors crushed on blindness foreverNever findingOppressing creationMemories are whispersHeard everywherePictures are blinkers on what was truly thereSkin is as real as you make it beHappiness will come when you set yourself freeDisenfranchised my favourite wordNever ending rainbowsHis histories repeatingDepression is a themeWith a life-force of its ownSanity is only necessaryWhen the grass has overgrownMixing and matchingLike eve’s forbidden fruitMan made religionDesigned only to confuseThose who give in and become blinded by traditionPeople are amazingA new realisationFear is disgusting and that’s why you’re washingDenial is a secretOblivious to its reflectionConstantly rejecting a deserved connectionDon’t look back or the ocean will tide over youRunning too fast will not cure your broken shoeLightening the bolt downFreeing the stormUnravelling true desire in its truest formAlways wantingWhat others have gotFinishing the story before it gets too hot!
