Poems About Addiction Seeking Friendly Advice
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Poems about addiction seeking friendly advice. Friendly advice and comments have been requested for these poems.
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
21st Aug 2023 1:29am
21st Aug 2023 1:29am
Destruction in your eyes
I see the destruction in your eyes
Loving and caring has disappeared
Replaced with an apathy for living
Interests have waned
Washed away with the outgoing tide
If you can't create, you want to destroy
All your vices have chased your beauty away
Now you spend your time feeling spent
With nothing left to contribute to this rotten world
Destroy what's left with your liquid poison
Slowly fading away till nothing is left
If there is any hope
It's left to be seen
Loving and caring has disappeared
Replaced with an apathy for living
Interests have waned
Washed away with the outgoing tide
If you can't create, you want to destroy
All your vices have chased your beauty away
Now you spend your time feeling spent
With nothing left to contribute to this rotten world
Destroy what's left with your liquid poison
Slowly fading away till nothing is left
If there is any hope
It's left to be seen
#sadness
#depression
#addiction
#despair
#apathy
375 reads
2 Comments
sheepskinxtearaway
Poem Published
16th Aug 2023 4:50pm
16th Aug 2023 4:50pm
The Aquarium
Welcome to the aquatic shed
the only way out is through.
Sharpened fins swim overhead,
dinky critters distract below.
Gaze upon fragmented life
where every stroke rehearsed.
The devoted watch with wearied eyes
as each relation is unearthed.
Tempered glass reflecting screens
showing this season’s outtakes.
We mourn behind the scenes
then laugh when the conveyor breaks.
So tunnel under bothered blue
or stand tall on mortal limbs.
If only impulse you can subdue
you can choose to sink or swim.
the only way out is through.
Sharpened fins swim overhead,
dinky critters distract below.
Gaze upon fragmented life
where every stroke rehearsed.
The devoted watch with wearied eyes
as each relation is unearthed.
Tempered glass reflecting screens
showing this season’s outtakes.
We mourn behind the scenes
then laugh when the conveyor breaks.
So tunnel under bothered blue
or stand tall on mortal limbs.
If only impulse you can subdue
you can choose to sink or swim.
#addiction
#vanity
#freedom
#consumerism
#responsibility
228 reads
2 Comments
TheFutureEmbrace
Poem Published
15th Aug 2023 2:33am
15th Aug 2023 2:33am
Bottle
The things
people don’t tell you
About pickling your liver
and embracing the liquor
Are the gaps of time
Memories entwined
with the blackest knots
So many spots
And cracks within the grey
Hear me while I say;
The bottle holds no truth
As I stumble and fall, uncouth
My body aged and frail
I feel I’ve already failed
Upon the floor I sleep
If only I could keep
To the dreams that haunt me
so
As I wander, to and fro
My bowels will now release
My bladder will never cease
I wish my breath would...
people don’t tell you
About pickling your liver
and embracing the liquor
Are the gaps of time
Memories entwined
with the blackest knots
So many spots
And cracks within the grey
Hear me while I say;
The bottle holds no truth
As I stumble and fall, uncouth
My body aged and frail
I feel I’ve already failed
Upon the floor I sleep
If only I could keep
To the dreams that haunt me
so
As I wander, to and fro
My bowels will now release
My bladder will never cease
I wish my breath would...
#abuse
#addiction
#hurt
210 reads
2 Comments
NineMinusEight
Poem Published
25th Jul 2023 10:25pm
25th Jul 2023 10:25pm
ICE
#drugs
#addiction
165 reads
0 Comments
Nikki_slugger
Poem Published
25th Jul 2023 8:06am
25th Jul 2023 8:06am
I killed myself last week.
#anger
#SelfHarm
#suicide #addiction
#suicide #addiction
505 reads
2 Comments
scalesofascorpion
Poem Published
24th Jul 2023 9:24pm
24th Jul 2023 9:24pm
Broken Hero
#depression
#lover
#addiction
#PTSD
#suffering
276 reads
1 Comment
scalesofascorpion
Poem Published
25th Jun 2023 6:34pm
25th Jun 2023 6:34pm
Bitter Heart
Poison apple, bittersweet
the taste of my instability
blurring the faces that I see
the high that brings me to my knees
toying the risk temptation brings
ephemeral passion eliciting screams
elysian chaos or is the monster me?
frenzied energy crystallizing everything
I'm at the crux; are you friend or foe?
stance yourself lest I split then fold
you over the edge and out of my mind
in protecting myself, I may skin you alive
so I withdraw into my loneliness
build my walls to reinforce
no longer only a carcass...
the taste of my instability
blurring the faces that I see
the high that brings me to my knees
toying the risk temptation brings
ephemeral passion eliciting screams
elysian chaos or is the monster me?
frenzied energy crystallizing everything
I'm at the crux; are you friend or foe?
stance yourself lest I split then fold
you over the edge and out of my mind
in protecting myself, I may skin you alive
so I withdraw into my loneliness
build my walls to reinforce
no longer only a carcass...
#loneliness
#addiction
#MentalHealth
#FeelingLost
#emptiness
371 reads
2 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
15th Jun 2023 8:52am
15th Jun 2023 8:52am
the drunk
The drunk
A thick plastic curtain of the type used in warehouses he could not see through
to other than shadowy figures moving around, he knew he saw a past that
no longer belonged to him.
He sat on the edge of his unmade bed, drinking warm beer, when a sharp knock
on the door of his flat
it was the landlord looking at him with contempt, saying he must pay the rent tomorrow or else!
Despair sizzled through his body needed a strong drink one mixed vodka and cold coffee,
while asking himself how it had come to this losing his job because he had...
A thick plastic curtain of the type used in warehouses he could not see through
to other than shadowy figures moving around, he knew he saw a past that
no longer belonged to him.
He sat on the edge of his unmade bed, drinking warm beer, when a sharp knock
on the door of his flat
it was the landlord looking at him with contempt, saying he must pay the rent tomorrow or else!
Despair sizzled through his body needed a strong drink one mixed vodka and cold coffee,
while asking himself how it had come to this losing his job because he had...
#anxiety
#addiction
#apathy
#diabetes
#disability
239 reads
0 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
10th Jun 2023 8:27pm
10th Jun 2023 8:27pm
who is the verse maker
Who is a verse maker
Poetry is an odd art form practised where there are more
poets then writers because everybody, especially when young
has a poem (usually hormonal) that needs expression, some end
up as art teachers and prefer not to speak of their youthful attempts.
Seasoned poets go to poetry meetings, rather like alcoholics go to AA
there is always some new way, to express old truths
some of the old crusty ones run poem magazines and have a firm opinion
on how poetry should be written; the best of them
care more about...
Poetry is an odd art form practised where there are more
poets then writers because everybody, especially when young
has a poem (usually hormonal) that needs expression, some end
up as art teachers and prefer not to speak of their youthful attempts.
Seasoned poets go to poetry meetings, rather like alcoholics go to AA
there is always some new way, to express old truths
some of the old crusty ones run poem magazines and have a firm opinion
on how poetry should be written; the best of them
care more about...
#anxiety
#depression
#addiction
#EatingDisorder
#disability
178 reads
0 Comments
Adelphina
Poem Published
7th Jun 2023 00:13am
7th Jun 2023 00:13am
Saltwater Flowers
I'm eyeing a blinding horizon
Walking on saltwater diamonds
They draw blood with each step I take
Life never promises any breaks
You really tried hard to pull me down
Reaching for my ankles hoping I'd drown
From an ocean filled with meth
I learned to walk on water
You flunked addiction's test
I'm going it alone
Surviving the aftermath
Just me and my tired bones
Cleansed in a sunbath
Let it storm let it bang
Let it try to steal my breath
Cause I've finally woke up
I'll never be the same again ...
Walking on saltwater diamonds
They draw blood with each step I take
Life never promises any breaks
You really tried hard to pull me down
Reaching for my ankles hoping I'd drown
From an ocean filled with meth
I learned to walk on water
You flunked addiction's test
I'm going it alone
Surviving the aftermath
Just me and my tired bones
Cleansed in a sunbath
Let it storm let it bang
Let it try to steal my breath
Cause I've finally woke up
I'll never be the same again ...
#conflict
#addiction
#MovingOn
564 reads
41 Comments
TellyLace88
I_Am_Her
I_Am_Her
Poem Published
1st Jun 2023 1:11am
1st Jun 2023 1:11am
Rock bottom
f'Hurt people hurt people
To put it short and simple I am a broken woman breaking things
Everything I touch goes to shit
the whole "hell in a hand basket" expression
Cheap caked up concealer to hide the tracks, when I love myself the very least
My life is no longer recognizable to me
spiraling down I find myself drowning in this depression
I've lost the grit to speak up for my life
Long gone is the hope that there will even be a life to speak up for by the time that I'm done
Whatever snapped this time must've been a...
To put it short and simple I am a broken woman breaking things
Everything I touch goes to shit
the whole "hell in a hand basket" expression
Cheap caked up concealer to hide the tracks, when I love myself the very least
My life is no longer recognizable to me
spiraling down I find myself drowning in this depression
I've lost the grit to speak up for my life
Long gone is the hope that there will even be a life to speak up for by the time that I'm done
Whatever snapped this time must've been a...
#heroin
#confessional
#shame
#addiction
#honesty
875 reads
10 Comments
Grace
IDryad
IDryad
Poem Published
28th May 2023 4:33pm
28th May 2023 4:33pm
Chasing the Dragon
filtered hues of rainbow
filled the fantastic landscape
where wishes thought of, lived
during sleepless nights
with the colours of distant
memories filled the space
of his meandering dreams
he surfed on shiny surface
he didn't want to wake up
to a drab existence
picking meagre coins
that jingle in his pocket
in tandem with his dripping sweat
listening to old songs
from an ancient radio
plaintive songs of lost love
he went home to sleep
daily, chasing the dragon
knowing he was trapped
in...
filled the fantastic landscape
where wishes thought of, lived
during sleepless nights
with the colours of distant
memories filled the space
of his meandering dreams
he surfed on shiny surface
he didn't want to wake up
to a drab existence
picking meagre coins
that jingle in his pocket
in tandem with his dripping sweat
listening to old songs
from an ancient radio
plaintive songs of lost love
he went home to sleep
daily, chasing the dragon
knowing he was trapped
in...
#addiction
#despair
366 reads
5 Comments
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