Monday, April 1, 2013

March Poetry Challenge (20th March, 2013)

Addict

Addiction can be easily defined
As the continued use, and often abuse, of
A substance which can alter your mood
Or perhaps your behaviour
In such a way as to be detrimental
To your ongoing health.

They say the first step in dealing
With an addiction (or any problem, really)
Is to admit you are an addict
But it’s sometimes not as easy
As standing up and uttering the words,
“I have a problem”.

I am in the enviable position of knowing
That I have an addictive personality.
I am fully aware of how easily I fall prey
To that soul destroying affliction
And tend not to tempt fate
By staying away from addictive substances.

If there were a magic pill I could take
To rid me of my addictiveness
I would probably become addicted to that,
And so another vicious cycle
Would construct itself in my brain
And it would never end.

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