Numbing Pain

we are all addicted to something 

something that takes the pain away 

whether it be drugs or cars 

or it be music or television 

anything can be an addiction 

but it never works does it 

it only numbs the pain for a minute 

sometimes we just get in our 

cars no matter how much gas 

and drive to absolutely nowhere 

just because we do not want to be alone

alone with our thoughts and emotions 

they flood us like nothing else

that even exists on this earth 

we battle and are exhausted from it

people see us and say its all ok 

but deep down we know it not 

so we turn to the our vice 

just to feel numb and disappear

but it never works for long 

because no matter what 

our numbing pain always comes back  

Reviews

[Helen]

Thank you for this poem - perfectly expressed. Drugs, alcohol, tv, shopping - it matters not, they are all false gods that will never bring the peace we seek. Facing the pain relieves the need to numb - to a degree at least and it is something that improves with practice. Facing the pain and uncovering the skeletons you wrote about in another of your poems. Otherwise, and no matter what our addiction, there will never be enough of the substance to fill our hunger!