Living The Addiction

A description of addiction in general. A poem from my 2013 Published collection, Dancing Smoke on a Dark Street, available on Amazon.com

We have a contradiction

That one can't relieve.

It's called an addiction

Something we refuse to believe,

For many its a terrible deal

And something we wish to lose.

Yet it continues to seal

Our life down the path we cruise.

Time again we walk

Along the boards we stay.

Like ivory lines of chalk

Our addiction continues to delay.

A recipe for destruction

That our life can cook.

An era of dysfunction

No help from wherever we look.

Author's Note

This was a poem that I wrote, like many from the collection, about my ever-growing addiction to cigarettes.

Reviews

[afternoonwater]

Cigarettes, alcohol, heroine, the affection of others... regardless you wrote a good description of the path of addiction.

[Fire Mage Andrea]

You manage to convey the message of addiction well. It's true that people that are addicted to harmful substances or behaviours find it hard to find help. The poem also rhymes quite well. It's got a good rhythm to it.