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.
Razzerleaf
Poem Published
Yesterday 00:05am
Yesterday 00:05am
Too drunk to drown us
Angry as a tasered tiger
setting fires with staggered steps,
the thunder of each stampede
sends the birds out from the trees .
Flames hang like sharp teeth
weals redden in the heat,
belt buckled and melted
we age before his drunken sleep.
At last the sun rises tangerine,
rapids reach the rivers bend.
As light returns across the leaves
we slip like otters into streams.
setting fires with staggered steps,
the thunder of each stampede
sends the birds out from the trees .
Flames hang like sharp teeth
weals redden in the heat,
belt buckled and melted
we age before his drunken sleep.
At last the sun rises tangerine,
rapids reach the rivers bend.
As light returns across the leaves
we slip like otters into streams.
#bullying
#alcohol
#addiction #DomesticViolence
#addiction #DomesticViolence
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gazellemon
Bradley J
Bradley J
Bumped Yesterday 7:05pm
28th Apr 2019 10:52pm
28th Apr 2019 10:52pm
Toxic_Rain (instrumental by Mors)
Take no pause, I boss em'
Better than the gossip coming off their lips
Carry often, I'm a faucet
Heavy with the cosmic drip
Original sin I do it again
Lyrical with my pain..
Pick it back up and let fall back down on em
Call it toxic rain
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Empty in the crypt, slept for weeks
Now I sharpen teeth
Left me in the ditch what is this
Left with no belief
I cannot forgive
Live to forget the truth
Cut me up, cut me off
Break me down to my roots, yeah
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Take no pause, I...
Better than the gossip coming off their lips
Carry often, I'm a faucet
Heavy with the cosmic drip
Original sin I do it again
Lyrical with my pain..
Pick it back up and let fall back down on em
Call it toxic rain
-
Empty in the crypt, slept for weeks
Now I sharpen teeth
Left me in the ditch what is this
Left with no belief
I cannot forgive
Live to forget the truth
Cut me up, cut me off
Break me down to my roots, yeah
-
Take no pause, I...
#dark
#evil
#rhyming
#addiction
#rap
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2 Comments
poetryaccident
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:53am
Yesterday 3:53am
Paused a Day
Medication paused a day
the balm of urge then delayed
with a will to live without
if only for the briefest time
until the need comes again
sight unseen to other folks
yet more present than concerns
voiced for the abstinence
when that fix to ease the pain
sometimes a scratch or bloody gash
demands more than platitudes
even as they fill the void
between damnation and relief
the intermission feeds a hope
somewhere past the curative
is a life of more control.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights...
the balm of urge then delayed
with a will to live without
if only for the briefest time
until the need comes again
sight unseen to other folks
yet more present than concerns
voiced for the abstinence
when that fix to ease the pain
sometimes a scratch or bloody gash
demands more than platitudes
even as they fill the void
between damnation and relief
the intermission feeds a hope
somewhere past the curative
is a life of more control.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights...
#alcohol
#drugs
#addiction #temptation
#addiction #temptation
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smackdownraven
Poem Published
12th Sep 2019 4:33am
12th Sep 2019 4:33am
meth rap
do you feel the beat?
deep in your chest it thumps
pumpin the blood to your brain
feel it in your cock
comin on powerful
thug delicious woman
speakin my truth
strung out on the stuff
wasn't havin no fun
holdin the pipe like it's a wand
under its spell...yeah I fell hard
holdin it like a judge
the one packin holdin court
passin down your judgement
will I get some or will I get passed?
fuck the dope scene is no joke
the one holdin got the power
broke ass fuckers runnin...
deep in your chest it thumps
pumpin the blood to your brain
feel it in your cock
comin on powerful
thug delicious woman
speakin my truth
strung out on the stuff
wasn't havin no fun
holdin the pipe like it's a wand
under its spell...yeah I fell hard
holdin it like a judge
the one packin holdin court
passin down your judgement
will I get some or will I get passed?
fuck the dope scene is no joke
the one holdin got the power
broke ass fuckers runnin...
#drugs
#addiction
#rap
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4 Comments
Prinx
Poem Published
11th Sep 2019 4:51pm
11th Sep 2019 4:51pm
SCARS OF DEPRESSION
Here on my arm,
Lies a mark so fresh.
Self inflicted,
To punish my flesh.
I pierced a knife through my skin with no refrain,
How can i not feel that tender pain?
Reminiscing on the scars left on my arm and chest,
I realised i laid in a place of total unrest.
Though am culpable;
Leaving on my body these signs,
I still remember blood dripping from my skin like juice
From grape vine.
These scars remain a reminder,
On my body so rough and slender.
I wept and remained in solitude day by day,
But...
Lies a mark so fresh.
Self inflicted,
To punish my flesh.
I pierced a knife through my skin with no refrain,
How can i not feel that tender pain?
Reminiscing on the scars left on my arm and chest,
I realised i laid in a place of total unrest.
Though am culpable;
Leaving on my body these signs,
I still remember blood dripping from my skin like juice
From grape vine.
These scars remain a reminder,
On my body so rough and slender.
I wept and remained in solitude day by day,
But...
#depression
#addiction
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5 Comments
smackdownraven
Poem Published
11th Sep 2019 4:18pm
11th Sep 2019 4:18pm
meth=death
#drugs
#addiction
#rap
98 reads
4 Comments
KittyFromHell
Poem Published
11th Sep 2019 3:40am
11th Sep 2019 3:40am
chemical burn
#love
#drugs
#lover #addiction
#lover #addiction
64 reads
3 Comments
KittyFromHell
Poem Published
10th Sep 2019 11:39pm
10th Sep 2019 11:39pm
f**k me senseless
#lust
#sex
#drugs
#addiction
#MentalHealth
319 reads
3 Comments
CJKay
Poem Published
10th Sep 2019 1:14am
10th Sep 2019 1:14am
In My Feelings
#depression
#drugs
#addiction
102 reads
1 Comment
FallenAngle
Poem Published
10th Sep 2019 00:12am
10th Sep 2019 00:12am
Sabotage
I've started talking to the shadows in my mind
we've all got a dark side but I try to bury mine
go into myself because it's the only place I can hide
every step I take feels like I'm dying
wonder how God sees me will he save me
or has the Devil claimed me for his own?
I wear my mask with shame
everybody has a secret they won't ever speak
my narcissism and my depression are at war
too good to die but unworthy to live
I've grown up living half alive
I speak of truth but I'm naught but a liar
backed up into a corner and I don't fight,...
we've all got a dark side but I try to bury mine
go into myself because it's the only place I can hide
every step I take feels like I'm dying
wonder how God sees me will he save me
or has the Devil claimed me for his own?
I wear my mask with shame
everybody has a secret they won't ever speak
my narcissism and my depression are at war
too good to die but unworthy to live
I've grown up living half alive
I speak of truth but I'm naught but a liar
backed up into a corner and I don't fight,...
#depression
#loneliness
#SelfHarm
#alcohol
#addiction
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Hypodermicsally
Poem Published
9th Sep 2019 8:31pm
9th Sep 2019 8:31pm
Hungry
Hundreds of thoughts dancing in my head,
I want to make love wildly with a dead
And for thinking this thought I'm not sorry,
Cause it's only a thought, not my story.
I'm a magnet to the trouble and misery,
And I want to be hated by history,
Share the cake you hungry whore,
Well sorry, I didn't mean it, and he swore.
cigarette, drugs, and pancakes,
Mistakes and conspiracy is what I make,
Call me a greedy or hungry whore, I don't care,
Cause just like you, your words don't matter anywhere.
Dinner only for a...
I want to make love wildly with a dead
And for thinking this thought I'm not sorry,
Cause it's only a thought, not my story.
I'm a magnet to the trouble and misery,
And I want to be hated by history,
Share the cake you hungry whore,
Well sorry, I didn't mean it, and he swore.
cigarette, drugs, and pancakes,
Mistakes and conspiracy is what I make,
Call me a greedy or hungry whore, I don't care,
Cause just like you, your words don't matter anywhere.
Dinner only for a...
#sex
#drugs
#food
#addiction
#greed
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poetryaccident
Poem Published
1st Sep 2019 10:36pm
1st Sep 2019 10:36pm
Applied to Scratch
The itch is less than constant pain
not enough to cause a moan
but always there in misery
asking balm to cure the ill
that static humming on the nerves
stripped to wires sparking hot
the echoes sound at all times
a dirge to state illusion's cast
the glow perceived in manic flush
wishing less than consequence
perhaps the crowds can’t conceive
a state beneath that asks too much
at the price of sanity
a rage suppressed against the need
questing for the medicine
applied to scratch demanding deeds.
...
not enough to cause a moan
but always there in misery
asking balm to cure the ill
that static humming on the nerves
stripped to wires sparking hot
the echoes sound at all times
a dirge to state illusion's cast
the glow perceived in manic flush
wishing less than consequence
perhaps the crowds can’t conceive
a state beneath that asks too much
at the price of sanity
a rage suppressed against the need
questing for the medicine
applied to scratch demanding deeds.
...
#addiction
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