I suspected this day was coming
Now that it's finally here
Realize I'm not ready
Face my biggest fear
I want to stop desperately
Seems I've tried a lot
Every time I am ready
Stubborn addiction is not
The drugs grab control of me
Steer me straight into a wall
Pull me back into the ditch
Doesn't matter how many times I go through withdrawal
I have learned my lesson the hard way
Much too often to count
Then again the hard way
The only way I've known about
Let the ocean take away
I drown in blue misery
Wash up on some greener shores
World that in comparison is easy
Do not smoke if you can't handle the heat
You're afraid of getting burned
Flames always steal a part
Once gone not always returned
I have given up on finding myself
Buried pieces too deep
Intention was to plant them
No harvest grows to reap
So remain trapped in a cycle
Strapped by only threads
Running from my demons
Tires me as sickness spreads
No one coming to save me
I've toppled overboard
Danced on the very edge
This is my reward
Consume me as I spiral down
Watch me crash in an explosion
Go enjoy the show
Not what I have chosen
When eyes can't stand my reflection
Monster staring back
Use to blur the edges
To smudge all that I lack
Time is always running
One minute after the next
Door to sobriety is always open
In the moment hesitating perplexed
Do not quit because I don't know how
I've done it once before
Daydreaming past recovery
Cannot remember what I did it for
When the silence starts mocking me
Following a great and heavy pause or two
Hold my hand tightly
It will pull me through
Dec 21, 2019
Dec 21, 2019 at 5:05 AM UTC
I suspected this day was coming
Now that it's finally here
Realize I'm not ready
Face my biggest fear
I want to stop desperately
Seems I've tried a lot
Every time I am ready
Stubborn addiction is not
The drugs grab control of me
Steer me straight into a wall
Pull me back into the ditch
Doesn't matter how many times I go through withdrawal
I have learned my lesson the hard way
Much too often to count
Then again the hard way
The only way I've known about
Let the ocean take away
I drown in blue misery
Wash up on some greener shores
World that in comparison is easy
Do not smoke if you can't handle the heat
You're afraid of getting burned
Flames always steal a part
Once gone not always returned
I have given up on finding myself
Buried pieces too deep
Intention was to plant them
No harvest grows to reap
So remain trapped in a cycle
Strapped by only threads
Running from my demons
Tires me as sickness spreads
No one coming to save me
I've toppled overboard
Danced on the very edge
This is my reward
Consume me as I spiral down
Watch me crash in an explosion
Go enjoy the show
Not what I have chosen
When eyes can't stand my reflection
Monster staring back
Use to blur the edges
To smudge all that I lack
Time is always running
One minute after the next
Door to sobriety is always open
In the moment hesitating perplexed
Do not quit because I don't know how
I've done it once before
Daydreaming past recovery
Cannot remember what I did it for
When the silence starts mocking me
Following a great and heavy pause or two
Hold my hand tightly
It will pull me through
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