STORY OF AN ADDICT

I went out with my friends

They wanted to have a drink

I didn’t want to be the one to stand out

So i went along.

 

I had my first cup,

Felt like i was on a ship!

I liked it.

 

I ordered another cup,

It then felt like i am sailing the ship!

I liked it.

 

I ordered a few more cups,

It then felt like i am the sailing ship!

I liked it.

 

Later i realized,

I have sea sickness,

I threw up.

I didn’t like it.

 

I came home drunk,

My friends dropped me,

My parents caught me.

 

My father shouted at me,

My mother fed me,

My sister wouldn’t come near me.

 

This happened again,

And again,

And again.

 

It hurt me,

Because nothing was the same as before

My sister didn’t hug me

My father didn’t talk to me

My mother was not happy.

 

I felt bad,

I fell asleep,

I fell on the bed.

 

I started thinking,

 

Why did i drink?

I didn’t want to lose my friends,

But i ended up losing my life.

 

Earlier,

 

I had an ambition,

I had love,

I had a family.

 

But somehow i ended up having,

 

A cigarette

A bottle,

Regret.

 

Earlier beach was my hangout place,

Later i ended up hanging out at the bar more than i thought i would.

 

 

I started asking questions,

 

What changed?

I changed.

 

How did i change?

I became addicted to something.

 

Why did i change?

Didn’t want to lose my friends

 

How did it affect me?

I didn’t lose my friends,

I lost everything else.

 

What did i gain and what did i lose?

 

I lost my family,

I lost my love,

I lost my money,

I lost self-realization,

I lost motivation,

I lost my life,

 

 

I got thrill,

I got friends,

I got to be with the crowd.

 

I then realized,

I had friends before i went into that bar,

I didn’t need drinks to hold me up to my friends.

I didn’t need to be one in the crowd,

I could have been the one among the crowd.

 

But it was too late before i realized all this.

I got cancer,

I felt bad,

I fell asleep,

I fell on the bed.