Addictive

by xEmmax   Oct 31, 2005


It's like being on that reckless high
cigarettes stealing your pay,
gambling on those fiery horses
every hour of everyday.

It's like turning to the alcohol
drinking yourself to sleep,
like craving drugs so desperately
your sanity is hard to keep.

It's an addiction if you didn't guess
an addiction which just gets worse,
a desired craving to hurt myself
an uncontrollable curse.

An addiction which pollutes my mind
diverts the attention of my brain,
devourers my body, piece by piece
numbing all feelings of pain.

An addiction which i cannot quit
however hard i have tried,
an addiction which grows out of hand
leaving marks you cannot hide.

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  • 18 years ago

    by Katey

    Nice poem!! I love it!! It's kinda similar to mine but not really, it's funny how there's a common theme. Have a question, have you found a way to overcome the addiction??

  • 18 years ago

    by Nearly but not quite

    I love this, you articulate it so perfectly. And the comparison between addiction and cutting really works, I even get withdrawal symptoms if my knife gets taken away! Anyway, keep up the beautiful imagery, I love it.
    Helen xxx

  • 18 years ago

    by Nearly but not quite

    So scarily true it's like looking in a mirror!

  • 18 years ago

    by Ariana

    Wow, awesome piece, the beat of this is flawless which really adds to the poetic side of things. As for the content, I think your descriptions are vivid, they are also quite disturbing but I'm guessing that was intentional. Really nice work overall, 5/5 :)

  • 18 years ago

    by Vicki

    That was deep Em, really well written. xxxxx