Addiction to anything

Addiction to anything is by any definition not fun by
any means and is not really very cool at all, I mean
who truly wants to live and wander the dark, mean,
cold, and dirty streets in a drug-induced haze wondering
when and where your next fix will be throwing up
while throwing away all of your morals that you were
born with that day and we're supposed to be taught
while you were growing up like all of those sinners
who lived in Sodom and Gomorrah that the Bible says
was destroyed by God himself for living a life that
he deemed and judged immorally yet it is truly unclear
in the verses of Genesis what all the true sins actually
were, so, please do not start on me because I do not
see what being gay or lesbian had to do with one damn
thing like the haters hate on for if two lonely souls find
one another and fall in love with each other then everyone
should be happy and mind their own business and let
them be happy at least for finding what so many others
cannot for if you are an addict and really are addicted
then please try to make an effort to get the help you
need because addiction is a disease of the heart, mind,
and soul that not only will destroy you but anyone at all
that is around including your once beautiful loving family,
how do I know because I am just like you an addict who
has been there In your shoes and walk the same path
and even on the other side too at one time in my past
and believe me, I have seen first hand all of the hurt,
pain, the destruction that it brings brought down by the
lies you constantly tell to hide the thefts and your body
that you trade or sell all for a needle filled with pure evil
or a baggie that will drive you mad and evil even just a
drink or a pill, surfing porn, shopping, social media, or
sex never stopping always telling yourself that you will
quit smoking tomorrow which never does come true
wasting away all your precious time you had to spend
with a husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, and most
importantly with the one or two who should be the greatest
joy in the world whom you gave life to your beautiful baby
girl an or handsome little son who give so much unconditional
love until one day they give up and walk away and
disappear from your life, tired of the strife you cause and
the life that you decide to lead, what comes next is you
die all alone broke, homeless, and overdosed on some
dead-end street with no shoes on your feet ending up
in the city morgue with a toe tag that says, John or Jane
Doe for days or weeks then buried in some unmarked
grave or rotting away some ten by ten-foot jail cell and
someone's little bitch on your knees doing this and that
for him and all his friends for who knows how long then
killed by a handmade knife or old age dying like a rat
trapped away in a cage and the only visitor you will
ever get is a preacher you never met reading your last
rites right before you die, forgotten by everyone that
had ever loved you all because you never would say no
or get help on your own, so, please you need to listen
to me Addiction is not fun, just ask anyone that knows
who is just like me an addict once and will always be,
who with the help from God above when I asked finally
helped me help myself heal all the hurt within all for
the love and affection of my children, friends, and family
because the real truth is that addiction is not only just
a disease is a self-affliction type of addiction and the
very end of who and what you once were and used to be.


Poet Richard M Knittle Jr.
A Poet's Journey
A three-time nominated Texas
Poet Laureate.