Addicted

I wrote this about addiction. Picture what as you may.

I no longer try to resist

It takes over me

There is very little left

Of what I used to be

 

I long for what I was

I want the life I had

But I lost it in a flash

When this great thing turned bad

 

Every thing I once thought was true

Withers away into dust

I fell victim to an ailment

One of shallow ended lust

 

It saps bits of me away

Each one is my last

If there’s a chance of hope

It will have to act fast

 

This is no disease

This is no infection

It is the unending punishment

Of going in the wrong direction

 

A nightmare I love

I’m addicted

A feeling I hate

I’m afflicted

 

God does not forsake me

He gave me a choice

But he toys with me still

For I’m without a voice

 

Heed my warning

Don’t fall through my shell

Don’t have your fair share

Stay away from my hell

Author's Note

I wrote this for all those who lost their right to make choices to drugs and addiction. I have friends who lost their choice, and some that lost their lives. This is my tribute.

Reviews

[MarchAprilMayJuneJuly]

Caleb you suck! I hate how you can write something and it turns out beautiful! kj,kj! I am glad you have this gift to relate to people in someway. At first I though of a sex addiction, then a drug one, and then you...hmmm.... it's very complicated but yet so simple. I think this is very personal, and it's sadly caressing.
great job!

~May

[~angelalala~]

very good poem. the flow is smooth. we are all addicted to something. be it love, sex, money, drugs, alcohol. we all have our weaknesses. so we all can relate. good imagery. "A nightmare I love I'm addicted A feeling I hate I'm afflicted" my favorite lines. well written.

[Ravenskald]

Bovine Inversus
Sacred cow safely overturned
As a poem not sure

"God does not forsake me
He gave me a choice
But he toys with me still
For I'm without a voice"

is the best verse thanks for sharing this
~R