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night terrors

I can't sleep
When the horribles haunt my dream
They're not disfigured but familiar
They smile sweetly in conscious wake
But sink their teeth in flesh when you lay your head

The specialty is to crucify you
To every smidgeon of so called wrongs
But horribles believe indepenence
Equates the right to burn

Next thing you know
You're bounded upon their stake
They whisper to one another
They all know your fate

I wish the horribles would dissapate
But even consciously they never will
Playing devil's advocate
Is the only thing u can do

poetry

Soul

There's a girl
Walking in the snow
She may be bundled up
But her soul is raw and bare

He gutted up her heart
With every trick he had
He said he loved her dearly
But never had the time to show

A thousand years past by
And her lights are fading
Her hair is tossed
Her baggy eyes are bleeding

He promised everlasting love
And she followed blindly
He led her down his roses' thorns
Until her feet were cut and broken

One day the girl musters courage
And throws the blindfold away
She has to hurry fast
Or he will chain her to the ground

So she slips, she stumbles
Her bloody feet are cracked
Her eyes are weary from the struggle
But she knows something is waiting further on

Addiction

Addiction is a terrible disease. I use the word disease because essentially, addictions don't make you any better and it can take a chokehold of your life.

Addictions come in all shapes and sizes: drugs,sex, alcohol, shopping, gaming, gambling, eating- none of these have positive outcomes.

A sign of an addict is a complete denial of having a problem.

Addicts face losing their loved ones over something they can't give up and most of the time, sadly, they do not make the right choice.

These addicts can get to the point of losing it all and they proclaim that they can and they will change. And of course those around them accept and they try once more.

But more often than not, addicts fail.

Old habits die hard, you can't teach an old dog new tricks, whatever saying you want to use.. It still means the same thing.

You can't blame them, you can blame yourself for thinking that they could quit cold turkey- but that would be too much to expect of one person.

And from here, standing on the sidelines of oblivion, you are faced with a moral dilemma.

Will you hide your eyes and pretend you see no evil, because you grasp desperately to the last straws of hope you have that one day they can break free from their oppression...

Or do you get up, dust your hands off and walk away from the situation? Because you too could be an addict for staying when it isn't right. Why should you suffer at the hands of another who is too self absorbed with themselves and people who will never learn?

And that, is the question of the moment.