Addicted

So what am I addicted to?

Seeds of death, sown in each soul
In the baby, the young , the very old
Walk past the streets , do your daily task
Can you all feel, life, flowing past?

Life revolves mundane , three storied offices
In absence of love, Lucy's are paid
Can purchased breasts , synthetic kisses feel same
O what will I do now, My life's in vain.

Why haven't I, taken a tour of the world?
Read all those books, Watched all those slides
Treasured all those girls, who wanted to be mine
Looked at expensive mirrors, praised when I had time.

I have an illness , strange and wise
Medicine unprescribed , doctors denied
Compare a lightning flash to dim candlelight
Addicted to life, I don't want to die.



© Nothing Personal. January 03, 2011.

Author's Note

Hair of the Dog Prompt - Tap # 1

Reviews

[MuSe Ampoule]

(I thought I reviewed this before...but maybe I just read it...) It was good for a second read...I love what you do anyway, so it's no surprise! Great work, I especially liked:
"Can purchased breasts , synthetic kisses feel same"
and
"I have an illness , strange and wise
Medicine unprescribed , doctors denied
Compare a lightning flash to dim candlelight
Addicted to life, I don't want to die"

[Goodbye]

Way cool, especially the last stanza! And what a great way to frame it, so positive, really.

Great write, Dahlink!

[Lissa]

I loved this. :) it's an idea that not many people think about, though really, it should be so obvious.
great job. :)

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

I feel as if I have witnessed the birth of a Third Eye.
Amazing!

[roarke]

don't forget to mention the raw egg and tobasco... The first and third stanza's stand out to me. Realizations come at different periods in our lives. This is a good representation of one of those periods.

[Nautili]

really nice. One suggestion- instead of "work" in first stanza, "task" sounds better with "past". doesn't rhyme, but you have a lot of sound alikes so, in my mind, it flows better. "Can purchased breasts"- purchase from a can or did you mean " Can purchase breasts"? Wasn't sure if you meant it or typo. great content. really liked it.

[FallenHeroXx]

Great f*****g poetry :D

[David Keagan]

Wow! that was a very well written poem, perhaps my favorite. I got the idea out of it to not be fake, live life and cherish it because it's not hear forever. Great write

[Jeff]

Wonderful, thought-provoking poem!

[G. K. Bostic]

Oh, me too! This is an addiction I hadn't contemplated, but it is one from which I guess I also suffer....if suffer is the word. Your first two lines grab the reader immediately, and the third verse contains such insight....especially love the final phrase "praised when I had time." Well done!

[Liza]

provoking - addicted to life or feeling alive....