Why can't love be enough

Remember how we ended up this way?

You once told me you loved me,

smiled when I returned your affection.

Only you suffered an affliction

that made you give away to because of mindless addiction. 

Leaving me to ask why

left sitting there to cry

We fell in love in high school

You kissed me when we graduated on stage

Laughing as your ex called you a tool

Fast forward and your vows took up a page,

Once again we laughed as I called you handsome

You called me handsome too

And then some

But smoke clouded your lungs

Tar covering your insides

While my insurance covered nothing

Our kids gave you hugs

while death and everyone else decides

because of

'a thing'

we called love,

family,

and happiness 

Now I sit here with your favourite kind of tea.

No longer in each other's protection.

Suffering the infliction

that came from how we lived.

Being told our life made us the bad guy.

All because we were gay... 

Author's Note

So here's the thing. I don't normally write poetry, nor do I know any good structures that make them great.