Analysis of Curse of Addiction



For the rest of my life, cursed with this disease.
For all those who suffer, we just got to believe.
Believing in yourself is the hardest thing to do,
so take a look in the mirror and ask do you see you?
Every day and every night we hurt,
wishing we were taken care of by a nurse.
This morning I woke up, fell out of my bed.
Wish I had some pills for the pain in my head.
What ya'll don't know is what ya'll don't see...
the disease trying to take control makes me want to bleed.
Past memories, shooting up all these cravings.
I don't want to use, I pray, I'm begging.
Please strengthen me, for every day is a new day,
but where's my strength, when all I do is lay.
No energy, no effort to be who I want to be.
The life of an addict, can't you see?
This battle has been won.
The war, my friend, will forever go on.
So now what are you going to do?
Hold my head up high and try not to get the blues!
No more smoking powder out of that pipe.
I'm in the fight for my life.
I've come a long way, so you don't got to judge.
When standing next to me, don't give me that nudge.
If you really want to know, I will tell
my journal, turned into a book; it might sell.
My dreams are now back in sight
with help through the darkness is that light.
Shocked and smiling, knowing I did survive
through this disease. Thank God, I am still alive.


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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,329
Words 298
Sentences 25
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 30
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 997
Words per stanza (avg) 272

About this poem

I have had years of drug abuse and in the back of my head I have the voice of my addiction always carrying me down telling myself lies just to keep me on using telling me I can't live without so I wrote this poem to tell people about addiction that the voice isn't really there and if I can beat that addiction anybody can too

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Written on February 25, 2024

Submitted by Joshy1987 on February 25, 2024

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Joshua Ewing

I am a 36 year old male that has been through years of pain and abuse but that hasn't kept me down it actually has made me stronger I went through years of drug addiction and what I found out is when I'm sober I like poetry some people paint some people can draw I was gifted with the talent to write I pour my heart and soul into everything that I write. I create these poems for other people that might be going through what I'm going through for inspiration for them more…

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