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Battling Addiction


That way will kill you, faster than you admit.
Just one more, then I will quit.
Lay it down, give up that shit.
If it's not natural, keep it unlit. 

How many days do you figure, for more to come.
How many more ways to die, will be given to some.
How many times will it keep, the lie to die from.
Crawling on the floor, searching for the fallen crumb.

Hide me down, that pit I dug deep.
Safer here, no truths shall I keep.
Lay me down, keep me in sleep.
Climbing out, this hole is too deep.

Just one more, I swear to my grave.
Just one more, my soul now a slave.
Just one more, giving all that I gave.
Just one more, then I'll start to behave.

Why does this lie, want to see me to die.
The harder I fight, the more does it try.
Comfort now, as I stare to the sky.
Comfort now, to my world, say good bye.

Good ones die, 
so don't even try, 
to pretend to know why, 
I once lived in the lie. 

SHM

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  1. Date: 3/10/2013 9:06:00 PM

    SCOTT, :-) CONGRATULATIONS in Anne's "Battling Addiction" contest.. I think very highly of Miss Anne, take care~ LINDA

    The Gypsy King Avatar Scott Howard Myers The Gypsy King Date: 3/11/2013 12:44:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Yes and thank you Linda...........
  1. Date: 3/9/2013 10:17:00 AM

    Sending my kindest thank you for participating in my contest. I loved this entry. Congrats on your special win! :)

    The Gypsy King Avatar Scott Howard Myers The Gypsy King Date: 3/9/2013 12:47:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Participating in your contest was an honor, thanks for thinking it up. Hard one to share. To dare. Emotions unaware. So I wrote with care.
  1. Date: 3/9/2013 8:39:00 AM

    congratualtions on your win.

    The Gypsy King Avatar Scott Howard Myers The Gypsy King Date: 3/11/2013 12:45:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Thank you
  1. Date: 3/9/2013 5:57:00 AM

    Congratulations on your win Gypsy xx

    The Gypsy King Avatar Scott Howard Myers The Gypsy King Date: 3/11/2013 12:45:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Thank you
  1. Date: 3/8/2013 11:16:00 AM

    Congrats on your win, enjoyed this poem xo Gypsy Queen

  1. Date: 3/7/2013 7:48:00 PM

    Congratulations gypsy king :-)

    The Gypsy King Avatar Scott Howard Myers The Gypsy King Date: 3/11/2013 12:46:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Thanks
  1. Date: 2/27/2013 4:00:00 PM

    Exceptional piece. You have captured the spirit of the problem.

    The Gypsy King Avatar Scott Howard Myers The Gypsy King Date: 2/27/2013 7:49:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Do you know that dead book of Tibet.....levels of Hell, seems to be making more sense to me as the years slide by. Perhaps it is all just a Chicago shuffle.