Addiction
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November- 15- 2024
Addiction Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Kai Michael Neumann
In this arid plain
of perennial drought,
as I stand transfixed
with vexations rising in my spirit
and sadness lying mute as a stone,
I discern, I am alone
with none to hold my hand
or share the burden
that weighs me down.
Trudging through rugged paths
with my mournful shadow
tottering along,
the past sneers at me
breaking open bottled up memories-
of years spent in unbridled passion,
the smell of cigarettes, ganja and beer
wine and women, bet and gambling,
and the thrill of having won and lost
I had addictions many
and they kept gnawing into my psyche!
Once I walked with stilted gait
surrounded by friends and fans,
amid laughter and haste
eager to please and to praise
Inebriated and effervescent were we
Went to ball and ballets
Fancied money could buy all we yearned
and turn this Earth-a virtual Paradise
But how swift was the twist of fate!
With no condiments,
life suddenly turned bland.
The gorgeous castles I once built,
burnt down to cinders
like dry leaves blown by the wind,
Friends, I thought never would desert,
flitted away one by one!
With dejection and despair
warping me down
a rabid dog I strayed.
Grew irritable and vicious,
fled away from bond and bondage
spitting the saliva of my angst
I barked… barked at everyone;
“Where did vanish all the fabulous dreams
Whither gone life’s ritzy splendors?
But the wild fire burnt itself down,
now a passive stillness has settled in.
In this inert hush, as I grope,
through the murky corridors of life
with the sound of my footsteps
falling like a thud,
a single query breaks out from within
‘Where shall I hide unseen
from this horrid loneliness
staring me in the eyes?’
Copyright © Valsa George | Year Posted 2024
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