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Battling Addiction

Give me vodka, give me rum I love the feeling of being numb Give me a glass of Hennessy I don’t care, just give it all to me Everything is getting blurry Why am I so filled with fury? Alcohol all day and night The only thing that feels all right Can’t live without a single sip I need the taste right on my lip I killed myself with a dreadful thought I’m the thing I cursed and fought Mirror told me all the truth I saw myself, I saw my youth I’m filled with sorrow, I’m driven mad I am just like my dreadful dad Can I stop it? I don’t know Addiction throws me back and fro Alcohol is my fire of lust Burning me as if it must Killing my innards, destroying my mind All because life wasn’t kind Trapping myself, now I want to break free Could somebody ever rescue me? I need to escape; escape this obsession The hardest thing is fighting addiction Stuck on a battlefield, this is a war I’m falling apart; revealing the scars Alcohol, deadly love, dark passion I’m crying, raging and battling addiction

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 3/10/2013 9:01:00 PM
Julie, :-) CONGRATULATIONS in Anne's "Battling Addiction" contest.. I think very highly of Miss Anne, take care~ LINDA
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Date: 3/9/2013 6:50:00 AM
Good write
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Date: 3/9/2013 5:50:00 AM
Congratulations on your win Julie xx
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Date: 3/8/2013 7:40:00 AM
Wow, Julie! Excellent poem. Big congrats on your win!
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Date: 3/7/2013 8:18:00 PM
Congratulations, RAY
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Date: 3/7/2013 7:17:00 PM
Congrats Julie...:-)
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