Sipping the Addiction

By scorpionstale

Morning sun blinds your eyes
As you wonder which addiction to feed
Flooding vapors to the gently breeze
Drowning away the morning air

A chimney spews from your hand, your mouth,
Burns your lungs and mem'ries like cancer
Forgetting what it was to be young
Depriving your soul of sanity

Steem from the cup of life
Scorches your throat, your mind
Just trying to stay afloat
Above the addictions

~*~

A baby screams in the night,
Waking the Sleepless Mother.
He's hungry; she's depressed
They're sipping their addictions

~*~

Daddy, feed the baby,
Daddy go to work
Daddy make us happy
Sipping my addictions

And before the grueling day shall end
Another one will start again
And everyone picks a drug to take
Sipping our addictions.

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Copyright 2005 scorpionstale
Published on Thursday, April 14, 2005.     Filed under: "Reflective" and "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: a wonderful write...you have captured the monotany of the daily grind. every sip keeps the straw from breaking the camel's back! :)

  • Reefer_rave On Tuesday, August 14, 2007, Reefer_rave (139)By person wrote:

    Sometimes i think thats all the day is ever made up of.. calming on addiction enough to work on another.. excellent i can't believe there are only two other comments

  • A former member wrote: I liked this there is so much truth to be found in thsi write. Wonderful work.

  • Kinkypoptart On Thursday, April 14, 2005, Kinkypoptart (555)By person wrote:

    Very true. Awesome write. -Tart-

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