| Poems about addiction
Here's a couple of poems my friend wrote...he is a recovering addict.
Affliction of my Addiction
the affliction of my addiction has
me wishing i was never born
my life dismayed, utterly wrenched
and totally torn
i struggle against the obvious, yet
unseen forces keep me treading,
dreading the rise of the sun
i became a monster, a dope fiend junkie
a hustlin' fool, school of hard knocks
flunkie
dead i am, pacing amongst the living
observing as real life passes me by
dodging emotions i choose to escape
into my addiction and the affliction
worsens, even more
i pay horrendous dues, never acquiring
recompense, always i lose
slipping further and further down into
the pit my addiction
my affliction runs deeper still
Copyright ©2007 Caldwell Dugar II
Death Of A Man
a man dies long before he is old and gray
way before he has nothing left to say
death occurs when the spirit to fight is
gone. he stands there wondering what might've
been, thinking "i should've done this.", or
"if they would've just..." no one knows or
seems to understand they've just witnessed
the death of a man.
he's been dying a slow death, one that
diminshes him and all he touches. soon the
light of hope, will to live, and the desire
to love and be loved, lost, in a void where
even he refuses to go. in there lay his
dreams and aspirations. their death has come
more swift than his own, but they
usher in the onslaught to his demise.
despair is king, sorrow his best friend. sad
songs of the blues are his lullabys. he no
longer lives, but struggles to survive
Copyright ©2007 Caldwell Dugar II
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