Abuse

Misuse.

Abuse.

Are you willing to lose yourself,

For the sweet taste of nicotine?

Get lost in the buzz of alchohol?

Feel the kaleidoscope effects,

The dizzyness,

The drunkness,

The drownding.

Be found later sinking into

A sea of unconsciousness

Gasping for air your

Nicotine-eaten lungs

Can't hold.

Smiling with teeth

Burnt around the edges

By the smoke you inhale.

Dying from your addiction.

The addiction that's addicted to you.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Addiction is a bad thing. Many kinds. Cigarettes is a deadly addiction. Burn the face and killed the body. I liked your description of tobacco. Powerful and true. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[PoetryPenPal]

Thank you for reading and your outstanding review. It is greatly appreciated. :-)

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome. I enjoy your work.

[PoetryPenPal]

I enjoy yours as well

:-).................

[katnisscat]

I love the last line of the poem. Personifying addiction was a nice touch to a true poem.

[PoetryPenPal]

Thank you very much!!!

[LadyAnn68]

Bravo very strong...I like it! You know this is my area....when I have my addiction contest I want you to enter it.

[PoetryPenPal]

I would love to! When does it start?

[LadyAnn68]

I am not sure but I want a lot of addiction poetry for my new poetry therapy workbook. I want this contest to end all other contests and I will be offering a cash prize! That will give incentive to write the BEST you can...No?

[PoetryPenPal]

It will. Sadly, I don't feel comfortable doing cash prize contests. :-(

[LadyAnn68]

Well do it for the therapy workbook.....it will be published...I may not offer a cash prize...what do you think? Better not to?

[PoetryPenPal]

Well, if you want me to join, than it is better not to. But it is definitely your choice. Please don't get rid of the cash prize if you want it for me. That would be selfish of me to ask you to do that.

[LadyAnn68]

Well I will get feed back and investigate this before I open it.

[PoetryPenPal]

Okay. :-) ;-)