[Poem] Addiction
Addiction
I remember…
Ingesting you feverishly
Feeling you reach down into my soul
Yanking and pulling
Expanding and contracting
Until I became
Free
From worry
Oblivious
to suffering
High
From my own delusions
I remember…
Sunny afternoons that felt like dark nights
Scratching and clawing
Just for a little more of you
Begging God to
“Just give me one more chance
This is my last time. I promise”
But, it never is.
I remember…
Driving by, laughing and pointing at the future me
Locking the door as life’s lonely prisoner begs me for help
Looking in disgust as I wonder how this fool lost his dignity
I know now
And am running from that existence
Hardship has taught me more than a book or lecture ever could
I am not going to say that I won’t be back
We both know
I probably will
But just in case I don’t
I will always remember you.
-A.D. Wright
I really like this one 🙂