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My Drug of Choice

Man-made drugs
Induce an altered state
A psychedelic paradise
Of euphoria
A burst of colors
Impaired reality of dreams
A fix of blissful forgetfulness
Married to ecstasy

What need have I of these?
When I have you
My drug of choice
I will not touch any of the others
But you, I long to touch…
To feel you under my fingertips
To caress before I ingest
And let you posses...

Every way I can have you is good…
I inject
Inhale
Take you in orally
Taste you laced with everything
Under my tongue...

There…ah….there….it begins
I start getting high….
Climbing and climbing
My roller coaster rocketing high
On your words
On the scent of your emotions
On the presence of you in my mind
Who could ever find
A more wholesome or better stimulant...

Yes, you stimulate every part of me
You excite me
Make me delirious
Bring fire to my veins
Drive me insane
Make me oblivious to the pain
Leave me wanting more than the time before
Wanting a larger dose of you
More dangerous
More hallucinogenic
Unaware of my surroundings
I climax on this induced trip
You….my drug of choice
The drug from which
There is not even an iota
Of hope for rehabilitation….EVER...

Every cell to my very core is under your control
I want you coursing in my blood
Flooding my brain
FIX AFTER FIX AFTER FIX
More often…more intense…longer…stronger…
What drug can compare to you?
My ever present addiction…
Opiate of my obsession
Drug of my choice….
YOU!

Eileen Manassian Ghali

Was struck by a bolt of inspiration on this one! :)

Belt it out with Amy Winehouse…..”They wanted to take me to rehab, but I said ‘NO, NO, NO’.” ;) When I teach my students a rule or so in grammar, I say, for example, "Can you use a comma to join two independent clauses? Is it enough punctuation?" Then, in answer, I belt out with Amy..."NO, NO, NO!" They laugh!

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Richard Lamoureux

Date: 7/23/2013 7:18:00 AM

I never had a teacher like you. If I had I might have stayed in school longer. Enjoyed the poem and comments.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 7/25/2013 9:00:00 AM

:) If I had a student like you....I'd make the school day longer.....

Delysia Hendricks

Date: 7/22/2013 5:56:00 PM

Oooh-la-la, I love this hottie, Eileen. Applause, my friend. You're truly the Queen of Passion. Off to my faves. Licia :-)

Eileen Manassian
Date: 7/25/2013 9:01:00 AM

WOW! Licia...you honor me...as always! Love Love Loe this post. Hugs!

Richard D Seal

Date: 7/22/2013 1:04:00 PM

Oh don't delete this Eileen,isn't this the greatest drug of all, and you've written it so beautifully, I especially like, 'On your words On the scent of your emotions On the presence of you in my mind Who could ever find A more wholesome or better stimulate...' Take care, Richard

Richard D Seal
Date: 7/22/2013 2:46:00 PM

Alibi haha, Nothing at all wrong with this write Eileen. I think your halo is safe here. I'm sure you can handle it yourself, but if not ......

Eileen Manassian
Date: 7/22/2013 1:10:00 PM

Ok...It's settled then, Mr Seal...in honor of your wish, I will let it stand...and if I get any heat or judgmental attitudes for saying one thing and writing another....I will kindly blame you! Will you be my alibi when I'm questioned about the fallen halo of little Miss PK? Yes...those lines are my absolute favorites as well! :)

Robert Pettit

Date: 7/22/2013 10:38:00 AM

The late Ms. Winehouse will always be remembered for her great hit song. If I had this kind of addiction, I would say "No No No" as well.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 7/22/2013 10:39:00 AM

HA HA HA HA! Good one, Robert! :) Thanks for stopping by!

Poet Tacito

Date: 7/22/2013 8:41:00 AM

I want to go to YOUR class. Just sayin'. I'll be the guy with the freight truck of apples outside the school entrance.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 7/22/2013 10:40:00 AM

And I'll make sure that you are the teacher's pet! ;) Thanks for this lovely post! Oh Drake...I'm a hopeless nut...I'm thinking of deleting this one because it's too....hmmmmmmmmm....you know! Ah me. But I was SO inspired. So..what to do?

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 7/22/2013 8:18:00 AM

our drug of choice, we need need need lol, I like your method of technique fun and very lively teacher you must be, have a blessed day, ~always, Linda

Eileen Manassian
Date: 7/22/2013 10:43:00 AM

PD....Hi, my dear. I do try my best. Kids these days have a short attention span, so I try whatever I can to keep their attention...I say silly things like....

Eileen Manassian
Date: 7/22/2013 10:43:00 AM

"When we talk about unity in writing we mean all the sentences must be related....working together to support one topic...Think of a family. You have Mom, Dad, brother, sister, baby....and Daddy's girlfriend! And they all gasp! I say...Right...She doesn't belong. She has got to go so the family will be UNITED. All sentences in a paragraph work together and are related....HEE HEE!