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An Addict's Prose

I am Sadness I am Death I am Longing I am Need I am the beast within you My call you can never ignore I am Terror I am Blithe I am Impulse I am Love I am the reason that she leaves you I give you hope that she will return I am Hate I am Desire I am Faith I am Weakness I am the lover in bed beside you Telling you to have just one more I am Venal I am Trust I am Rapture I am Thirst I feel the horror of sobriety When you stop to see yourself I am Ambition I am Loss I am Truth I am Hurt I am the dream of normalcy That haunts the bottom of the glass I am Sorrow I am Oblivion I am Hunger I am Absence I am the beast within you My call you can never ignore

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Edward Orozco

Date: 7/5/2009 3:42:00 PM

Good write.- jeremia

Jay Loveless

Date: 5/7/2009 6:33:00 AM

Awesome write. Deff. a good example of addiction

Jay Loveless

Date: 4/8/2009 11:05:00 AM

this is.....-shivers- that word says it all... prayers for you, or whoever this is about, and for others like 'you'...i hope you are released from this evils grips...<3 Jessica

Elaine George

Date: 12/24/2008 4:25:00 AM

Dear Bradley, Congratulations on your win, and warest wishes to you and your family for the HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS AND BEST NEW YEAR. Lainie

Date: 12/22/2008 1:15:00 PM

Interesting approach to the topic. Congratulations on being one of the winners in Michael's contest. I wish you continued success with your writing. Karen

Sharon Winter

Date: 12/22/2008 6:16:00 AM

Congratulations Bradley on your win in Michael's contest. So well deserved. Love, Shar

Nigel Fawcett

Date: 12/22/2008 1:40:00 AM

Congratulations, Bradley, on your well deserved win in Michael's contest. Nigel

Chitra Lakhera

Date: 10/26/2008 4:51:00 AM

Being addict is such a menace. Lives are ruined, families destroyed and childhood lost. This was an apt way to put all that destruction. I loved the flow of it, the way it carried a message line by line, penetrating the heart more and more!! Lets try to tame the beast of addiction. Take care, Chitra

Kristin Reynolds

Date: 10/26/2008 3:57:00 AM

Excellent description of addiction - it truly is a beast, and one of the hardest to tame. it involves a total life transformation, and that, to most, is a very scary ordeal. One must just do it. Life awaits...well said, love Kristin

Christy Hardy

Date: 10/25/2008 3:51:00 PM

There is always a way out, you must seek it...ask for help...Always, Christy

Michael Jordan

Date: 10/25/2008 12:59:00 PM

Bradley being a addict who served two prison terms for manufacturing methamphetamine I can totally relate to this poem - I now have 5 years clean - if you wish to know more of my story read my poem "destruction - reconstruction" - or "one second" - both are quite graphic - Great job penning this - God Bless