I have learned,
a little, touch
of just enough,
this and that
to stay safe in life,
on the edge of pain.

An addicts life
is a lonely place
when the needs arise.
Not to go too far.
To stop the pain.

But it's
in the cards,
and it's not a choice.
It's in the gene's.
Sitting on the edge,
of the blade of life.