A short poem about addiction

[Dioxy]

I'm sure many of you here will relate to it


One by one, I lose their faith,
Through careless self-abusive traits,
Enslaved by my compulsive way,
I sigh, but really 'I'm okay,'

'I'm okay,' I insist in vain,
I tread on through the mist and rain,
Drifting listless, clenching fists,
Sobriety, my nemesis,

But I don't suffer like they strife,
I just invent my hard-knock life,
A muffled cry, but I don't say,
I choke each breath, but I'm okay.

 

[infectedmushroom]

Nice

 

[New]

I like this. It expresses the quiet pain