Battling Addiction

You have been sober for two years three days and six hours still the battle has not ended The temptress in that bottle calls out in the dark Beckoning you to return The times when life seems more than you can bear There was a time she seemed to satisfy she caressed you from the inside Until you started to choke Everything that mattered was taken away family, friends, job You still can't breathe without thinking of her they say it's one day at a time will it ever get easier four years maybe five Perhaps ten Thankfully you do not surrender you have battled too far the worst is behind you Battling addiction is a moment by moment affair Friends were left on that battlefield those friends didn't want you to win misery truly does love company New friends have been gained family has taken you back with open arms they never truly left You had chosen to do the leaving she had held you in her grip no one else could be seen or heard This time you are back to stay You are the victor In the end you are stronger than her Written by Richard Lamoureux I have broken the twenty four line rule, submitted and old poem to boot, on top of that it doesn't fully conform to your request. You strike me as a person who doesn't follow the rules, so hopefully you will forgive me and break your own rules by placing this piece. ;0)