Poems about Addiction
#addiction
Poetry about addiction to drugs or alcohol, and the effects of addiction on friends, family and relationships. Here you'll find poems tackling addiction to a range of behaviours and substances including smoking, drinking, prescription drugs and recreational drugs.
KittyFromHell
Poem Published
17th Jun 2021 11:42am
17th Jun 2021 11:42am
Layers of the Wretched Divine
The layers of my being shift and rumble,
As the squabbles outside my door
Drone on into the humid days of June.
Nightfall comes, and what was a might roar
Abruptly breaks into silence and longing.
"Don't worry, it'll all be over soon."
I hear the train on the other side of town,
Chugging through the gasping remains of a living ghost town
Where stifled, broken sobs have become a bitter wail.
Windows of the soul are shattering to dust
Crunching under the feet of every day doings
And glittering in the light of a love born...
As the squabbles outside my door
Drone on into the humid days of June.
Nightfall comes, and what was a might roar
Abruptly breaks into silence and longing.
"Don't worry, it'll all be over soon."
I hear the train on the other side of town,
Chugging through the gasping remains of a living ghost town
Where stifled, broken sobs have become a bitter wail.
Windows of the soul are shattering to dust
Crunching under the feet of every day doings
And glittering in the light of a love born...
#anxiety
#dark
#addiction
#confusion
#SelfReflection
18 reads
2 Comments
cabcool
Poem Published
13th Jun 2021 5:19am
13th Jun 2021 5:19am
chillum hype
a rhymed, mirrored octet
a l l
natural
o r g a n i c
m a r i j u a n a:
through the chillum pipe,
lift me to highest h e i g h t s,
where bright streets of burnished gold
my wing-tipped feet lend ceaseless flight.
stars shine without the trace o f night;
w o r d s i hear are yet u n t o l d.
darkness gives sovereign rites
to m y fiction h y p e
prima donna,
sarcastic,
v i r a l
fall.
© Copyright 2021 May 27
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
a l l
natural
o r g a n i c
m a r i j u a n a:
through the chillum pipe,
lift me to highest h e i g h t s,
where bright streets of burnished gold
my wing-tipped feet lend ceaseless flight.
stars shine without the trace o f night;
w o r d s i hear are yet u n t o l d.
darkness gives sovereign rites
to m y fiction h y p e
prima donna,
sarcastic,
v i r a l
fall.
© Copyright 2021 May 27
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
#dreams
#marijuana
#addiction
18 reads
0 Comments
AprylNovember
A.R.M.
A.R.M.
Poem Published
12th Jun 2021 5:04am
12th Jun 2021 5:04am
Meth, you dirty homewrecking whore.
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth #weakness
#MentalHealth #weakness
29 reads
1 Comment
Taurek
Poem Published
10th Jun 2021 2:59am
10th Jun 2021 2:59am
I Shall Pluck Your Head
That grimy New York shit
I’ve done bad things, but I
haven’t done
that
edge play at the studio
you and Phil Collins
I love being able to write, but why
do I have to get this fucked
up to do it?
just got my teeth cleaned for
the first time in 8 years
I thought my gums were
receding, but the doctor
said I’m literally brushing
my teeth away with
aggressive brushing
too much coffee and too
much drinking
when I do Lent every couple
years or so, that...
I’ve done bad things, but I
haven’t done
that
edge play at the studio
you and Phil Collins
I love being able to write, but why
do I have to get this fucked
up to do it?
just got my teeth cleaned for
the first time in 8 years
I thought my gums were
receding, but the doctor
said I’m literally brushing
my teeth away with
aggressive brushing
too much coffee and too
much drinking
when I do Lent every couple
years or so, that...
#BDSM
#rebirth
#music
#addiction
#dirty
41 reads
2 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 8th Jun 2021 10:56am
21st Jul 2020 00:07am
21st Jul 2020 00:07am
Cheat death
Tell the truth
And live the lie
Spend all my time
Chasing highs
Lonely days
Hazy nights
Cheat your death
Before you die
If you should die
Before you wake
Kick yourself
For tempting fate
And live the lie
Spend all my time
Chasing highs
Lonely days
Hazy nights
Cheat your death
Before you die
If you should die
Before you wake
Kick yourself
For tempting fate
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#drugs
#addiction
472 reads
9 Comments
KhaoticKat
Poem Published
7th Jun 2021 9:50am
7th Jun 2021 9:50am
Khemicaelia
There
I did it again
This vile chemical splendor
This poison by any sane criteria
This wonderful horrible madness
Waiting to be lifted by the Songs of Angels
Onto the plain of infinite infinitesimal introspection
Oh, glorious knowledge
Take me to where I've never been
Show me the deepest most exalted truths
About me and you
But it is not the Songs of Angels I hear
In a gray room constructed of grimy shadows
It is the dark incessant sub-aural throbbing hum and vibration
Of sinister subterranean machinery
In...
I did it again
This vile chemical splendor
This poison by any sane criteria
This wonderful horrible madness
Waiting to be lifted by the Songs of Angels
Onto the plain of infinite infinitesimal introspection
Oh, glorious knowledge
Take me to where I've never been
Show me the deepest most exalted truths
About me and you
But it is not the Songs of Angels I hear
In a gray room constructed of grimy shadows
It is the dark incessant sub-aural throbbing hum and vibration
Of sinister subterranean machinery
In...
#memories
#addiction
#SelfReflection
#escape
#emptiness
44 reads
6 Comments
Absence
Poem Published
5th Jun 2021 3:21pm
5th Jun 2021 3:21pm
Under the Influence
Euphoric...
Mind floating on high
Unable or Unwanting
Unwilling to break your spell!
Consequences have no bearing
I’m undeterred.
Living in the here, and now
Gripped by the Present
Of your Presence
Wrapped up in the feeling
Of your feelings,
Enthralled by your flesh
My mind has turned off all thoughts
And turned all pleasure sensors on high
All I can experience is you
You’re my Drug of choice
And I’m Under your Influence
Mind floating on high
Unable or Unwanting
Unwilling to break your spell!
Consequences have no bearing
I’m undeterred.
Living in the here, and now
Gripped by the Present
Of your Presence
Wrapped up in the feeling
Of your feelings,
Enthralled by your flesh
My mind has turned off all thoughts
And turned all pleasure sensors on high
All I can experience is you
You’re my Drug of choice
And I’m Under your Influence
#erotic
#addiction
#sensual
#temptation
#passion
78 reads
8 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 4th Jun 2021 10:53am
17th Jul 2020 11:05pm
17th Jul 2020 11:05pm
Cure
How do you fix
A broken head?
Doctor says to
Fill it with meds
How do you mend
A fractured mind?
So friends don't feel
The need to be kind
How do you heal
A diseased brain?
Use a drink
To dull the pain?
How do you make
A crazy person sane?
I DON'T KNOW!!!
A broken head?
Doctor says to
Fill it with meds
How do you mend
A fractured mind?
So friends don't feel
The need to be kind
How do you heal
A diseased brain?
Use a drink
To dull the pain?
How do you make
A crazy person sane?
I DON'T KNOW!!!
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth
462 reads
3 Comments
annatoddfan
Poem Published
4th Jun 2021 2:50am
4th Jun 2021 2:50am
The Redbull Car
i dont use cars, i use drugs and redbull
cuz redbull gives you wings
and drugs gives you halucinations
therefore, i am my own car
cuz redbull gives you wings
and drugs gives you halucinations
therefore, i am my own car
#addiction
28 reads
0 Comments
cloventongue89
Poem Published
2nd Jun 2021 4:28pm
2nd Jun 2021 4:28pm
Big Red
Lure me in as I play blind
You’re my favorite thought
Upon which I lose my mind
Lust like a lesson I never was taught
Sweet tooth and chewing gum
Sugar decay, orgasm
I taste you just before I go numb
Heart spasm
I can’t stand myself
Using you to tolerate me
I’ve acquired a taste
For something I hate
But I can’t get enough
Of the devil’s candy
General rules of thumb
We grip
Don’t take it from strangers
You’re chewing gum
Losing flavor at the lip
Giving into...
You’re my favorite thought
Upon which I lose my mind
Lust like a lesson I never was taught
Sweet tooth and chewing gum
Sugar decay, orgasm
I taste you just before I go numb
Heart spasm
I can’t stand myself
Using you to tolerate me
I’ve acquired a taste
For something I hate
But I can’t get enough
Of the devil’s candy
General rules of thumb
We grip
Don’t take it from strangers
You’re chewing gum
Losing flavor at the lip
Giving into...
#lust
#sex
#porn
#drugs
#addiction
68 reads
2 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 2nd Jun 2021 10:52am
14th Jul 2020 2:15am
14th Jul 2020 2:15am
Fine line
Well I saw you walking this way
A ghostly Spectre
With an angel face
You saw me in a horrid state
A fallen soldier
Who needed saved
But you can't save
What doesn't want to be saved
It's a fine line
Nothing you can do to change my mind
I'm feeling low and want to be high
Well I can't be
What I'm supposed to be
Your best bet
Is to stay away from me
Like out of date currency
Worth nothing to nobody
I walk a fine line
Never saw a cloud that was silver lined
I'm...
A ghostly Spectre
With an angel face
You saw me in a horrid state
A fallen soldier
Who needed saved
But you can't save
What doesn't want to be saved
It's a fine line
Nothing you can do to change my mind
I'm feeling low and want to be high
Well I can't be
What I'm supposed to be
Your best bet
Is to stay away from me
Like out of date currency
Worth nothing to nobody
I walk a fine line
Never saw a cloud that was silver lined
I'm...
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth
187 reads
2 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 1st Jun 2021 10:48am
12th Jul 2020 10:44pm
12th Jul 2020 10:44pm
Self made prison
I once roamed free
Without any cares
No limits restrained
A soul so fair
I saw beauty in all
That fancied my view
Was loved by everyone
Who crossed my path too
But as I grew older
My fun turned to habit
I burned myself out from
Chasing the rabbit
So now I lived bound
By chains in a cell
Anguished by guilt
In my own living Hell
But this prison you see
Was unlike any other
It fractured my mind
I retreated further and further
The road that I face
Is long but not...
Without any cares
No limits restrained
A soul so fair
I saw beauty in all
That fancied my view
Was loved by everyone
Who crossed my path too
But as I grew older
My fun turned to habit
I burned myself out from
Chasing the rabbit
So now I lived bound
By chains in a cell
Anguished by guilt
In my own living Hell
But this prison you see
Was unlike any other
It fractured my mind
I retreated further and further
The road that I face
Is long but not...
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth
488 reads
12 Comments
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