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Inspirational Poem
I wrote this poem in a very short time while I was in a treatment center for addiction. I know addiction is a very big problem for people in this world and hopefully this can be an inspiration for someone struggling with this disease the way I have. Since writing this I am doing a ot better but it is a daily battle trying to get my life back in order. The only words of advice I have is just take it one day at a time. Thank you for reading
Dear Addiction
© Zeb Edington
I’m writing this to you
Telling you were thru
I can’t take you anymore
Don’t know what I liked you for
All you did was wear me out
Now I know what your all about

You came to me with promise and joy
Now look at all the things you destroy
Families, lives, bank accounts you see
You ruined it all with one little tease
Look at the way you make me feel
Then you take it all and want me to steal

Why can’t you just go and hide
Somewhere far away where I’ll never find
Everyone at home don’t understand
How you rip me apart , then lend me a hand
I keep coming back thinking inside
Maybe this time I’ll make you my bride

Then I sit and wonder why
Why do you really want me to die
Thousands and thousands come to you
Hoping and praying you’ll help them thru
Then they fall for your lending hand
Only to realize your nothing but a scam

You promised me heaven and sent me to hell
You ruined my life and then wished me well
Watch me now as I go on my way
I’m washing myself of all of your pain
So you and your power can just leave me be
I’m taking my life and setting it free

Source: Dear Addiction, Inspirational Poem http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/dear-addiction-2#ixzz2Ecxvh3uf www.FamilyFriendPoems.com 2. Addiction Poem
This poem was written when I went to treatment in 2002. I love drugs, I love to be high, "all the time". I would of sold your mothers soul to get what I needed. I was a good person, doing bad things. I did lose my family, and my heart
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