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Addiction

My addiction is a place I want to be
It's my reality and my creative key
To unlock my thoughts and secrets deep
With strangers - my secrets can keep

A place where judgement is free
I can be anyone that I want to be
Or simply be me - there's no one else to please
Because with my addiction i feel at ease

Internal thoughts and emotions knotted
Desperate to be unlocked and unleashed
My mind, body and soul now breathes
My addiction that gives me my release

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Joe Inka

Date: 12/7/2012 10:58:00 PM

I like this poem alot. I especially like how you danced around the addiction without revealing it, allowing the reader to insert there own.

Shaz Cheesman
Date: 12/7/2012 11:11:00 PM

Hi Joe..thank u for stopping by. Yes i like the idea of the reader inserting their own idea, especially because an addiction is different from one person to another. Mine is not one of substance abuse........alcohol, drugs etc......but one might think it is from reading a poem that does not disclose it :) I liek your comments very much - Shaz

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 11/8/2012 12:12:00 PM

Addictions, the place we retreat to in times of trouble. Coming from a family of addiction I am ever vigilant to keep a distance from those things that would draw me. I like the line "A place where judgement is free" accept for the judgement we heap on ourselves that further fuels our addiction. I love how you cut clear to the bone with your writing, such an honest portrayal of a universal problem.

Ashley Renee

Date: 6/3/2012 8:57:00 AM

I love this poem so much, i think we all have one of those addiction that put us at ease. rated 7 -Ashley H.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/26/2012 12:40:00 AM

I feel this too and I think many here can relate. I'm sure liking your poetry a lot!

Shaz Cheesman
Date: 5/26/2012 1:08:00 AM

Hi Andrea - thank you so much for your comments! I like your poetry very much as well. Your one of my Favs :)

Jslambert Mister Roboto

Date: 5/25/2012 11:32:00 PM

keep swinging the sWord. Open, mind/body/soul

Shaz Cheesman
Date: 5/26/2012 1:07:00 AM

Definitely :)

Dan Kearley

Date: 5/25/2012 9:59:00 PM

Ahhh Yes...Addictions..You make it sound so easy thru your words...Stay in control. :o)

Shaz Cheesman
Date: 5/25/2012 10:55:00 PM

Thanks Dan for your comments.......ah yes my addiction is fun because its all centred around writing to get out the things that continuously crowd my mind :) Shaz