Addiction

"I am not,
who I have been,
I've turned my back,
on that old sin,
and chose...

"Carry on,
believe in change,
Jesus is The Way,
for your dreams,
to come within...

"In active addiction,
I ran and ran,
but the drugs,
kept my feet,
stuck in...

Last night, you got really angry when we had your intervention.
You screamed at us even though we...

"In active addiction,
isolated,
burdened from,
my guilt and shame,
I was quite...

"I just want,
a simple, small measure,
of peace,
before I am to be deceased,
...

"What a saddened,
state of affairs,
for in active addiction,
I thought,
not one...

"Those fake friends,
keep knocking,
but I stand my ground,
I won't let them in,...

"Back to the basics,
simplification,
having finally learned,
from your drug use,...

"When your fake friends,
have scurried away,
who do you think,
has always stayed,...

"When will the active addict,
understand,
nothing flourishes,
without holding God's...

"Drugs are just,
a means to an end,
and how to obtain,
some dead end friends,
...

"If only,
when I was lonely,
all those times when I was high,
and instead of the drugs...

(This poem is in the form of poetry slam and at points is meant to be fast paced, when I someday like my...

"I just want,
a simple, small measure of peace,
before I am,
to be deceased,
...

Please, please, you must let me go
Squeeze, squeeze, my lungs, soft and slow
Pleas—please,...

The room was dark and silent when my phone began to ring
who was calling at this hour i knew it...