Addiction
Don't tell me to stop
I would if I could.
I don't like it any more than you do
but when I say "never again"
I turn and begin to negotiate.
I caution everyone against such actions.
yet in silence when no one is around
I fuel the ache that should have long been dead.
I ignite a fire I should have quenched
then I come out drenched in shame.
A hypocrite I disdain
but that I became.
And they were right in all they said
I could if I wanted
I could adopt discipline
still I succumb over and over again
and put on an act to save my name.
A gamble on my reputation,
another day to battle an addiction.
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