Six feet down

Six feet down

Living in the darkness

with the daylight all

around hiding from

your demons and

not wanting to be found.

drowning in all your tears

with all of the sadness

in your past, hoping for

the sunshine but it never

really last,

tormented by your memories

of mistakes that have been

hiding in your mind

reaching out for help

but there is no more to find,

running from the truth

that you tried so hard to hide

your an addict that has

fallen into harder times.

fighting back the memories

of all the love that has gone

bad with painful scars of all

the broken hearts that you

have ever had.

every time you try to stand

a demon knocks you down

and with the help of evil it

pins you to the ground.

This war we fight against

addiction is one we battle

all alone and is one that

will last forever it is the

greatest war that man

has ever known, with the

death toll now in billions

and kings that have lost

their crowns addiction does

not care about who or where

you are from and will haunt

you forever until your

buried six feet down.

Richard M Knittle Jr. ©

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