Bradley Veals Poet Free verse

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 July 5, 2009 at 3:42 PM Good write.- jeremia

Jay Loveless May 7, 2009 at 6:33 AM Awesome write. Deff. a good example of addiction

Jay Loveless April 8, 2009 at 11:05 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 December 24, 2008 at 4:25 AM Dear Bradley, Congratulations on your win, and warest wishes to you and your family for the HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS AND BEST NEW YEAR. Lainie

December 22, 2008 at 1:15 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 December 22, 2008 at 6:16 AM Congratulations Bradley on your win in Michael's contest. So well deserved. Love, Shar

Nigel Fawcett December 22, 2008 at 1:40 AM Congratulations, Bradley, on your well deserved win in Michael's contest. Nigel

Chitra Lakhera October 26, 2008 at 4:51 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 October 26, 2008 at 3:57 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

Michael Jordan October 25, 2008 at 12:59 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