Suffering Comes In Many Forms.....

Sometimes in your dark hour

a voice might talk to you

inside your inner mind

I guess some would say, God

or others would think

your self-awareness

more so self-presence to

want to live.

Who knows for I surely

do not.

All I know. Humans do not

want to die.

They want to live and enjoy

life. But the modern world

And all the crazy stuff people

can take to tune out of life

in general are addictive

and so they eventually

get on a slippery slope as

they are offline with

the world. That is the

only pleasure to them

they have.

Being numb and not feeling.

Like this new stuff Spice.

It basically turns people into

human Zombies.

And when people can not cope

they want to block out the pain

and hurt. So do drugs, alcohol

or even sex addiction or whatever gives them a

short-term buzz.

Then that buzz ends and over and again they do it

Until it does nothing.

They need it just to

survive this so-called life

But they are not living

they are dead inside and out.

A former self-one who they really are.

Suffering within themselves and people

just walking past them thinking. Dirty b******s.

Disgusting. Should be ashamed of themselves.

We do not know what suffering they

have had to deal with. They need help

love and support, not judgement and

disrespect.

Reviews

[alanwgraham]

There's a lot of truth in your poem Dee. There are many that fall by the wayside and resort to addictions to dull the pain. I like your attitude that these people need love and support first. Just noticed one slip - is slop meant to be slope?
Cheers.
Alan

[Onlyme]

Thanks Alan and also for my error . Sorted it. Cheers.

[Nomkhumbulwa]

Your writing made me cry. Thank you for sharing...

[Dave]

Dee - Dawn - this is right in so many ways. It's a shame that so many people are judgemental without knowing all the facts. I know I don't have this quote exactly right, but I remember one that says we shouldn't judge someone until we have walked a mile in their shoes.
The outside facade may show nothing of the hell a person is living through. There are many who suffer and cover it up so well and no one would ever know.
Take care - Dave

[Onlyme]

Thanks Dave for your wise words.

[Christy the Poetic Hear..]

The last lines are gold and are full of truth.
Nice writing!!

[Lyn Anderson]

A lot of truth in this for sure. I like the format. Suggestions: slippery slope -- unless you want to say slippy. Possibly take out the basically, as it is extraneous. survive and so-called live, or survive this so-called life -- either or would work here. Great thoughts.

[Onlyme]

Thanks Lyn for the suggestions. Appricated.

[Lyn Anderson]

No problem love. Keep your chin up. Life is a real bowl of cherries with the pits. We just got to get good at spitting them out and planting the next tree.

[Onlyme]

I like that analogy to life with the bowl of cherries. made me smile.

[Lyn Anderson]

Why thank you ma'am. I do so enjoy a good analogy that piggybacks on the words of others who've come before me.