Addiction

Conscious of your actions you ignite the flame that feeds your addiction

Leaning against the wall standing in the shadows, shameless

As you inhale its poison, satisfying your craving

I crouch in a corner in desperation trying to ignore the reality

You exhale its fumes, unaware as it steals your desire to care

And I sit alone, in panic of releasing my tears and anger I’ve tried to suppress for so long

You’re blind to my pain, unaware that I’m watching you that I know

You don’t look to see my messages of distress hidden in the smoke of your weakness

Out of the corner of my eye a loose tear falls, mixing with your leftover ashes

As easily as the wind carries away the evidence of your secret, you lose my trust and ability to forgive

Within your lungs you hold the last of it, numbing your conscience with the pleasure of your addiction

And with the flick of your fingers you release the remains and walk away, fading into the light

But in the darkness of the corner I sit confined, immobilized as I watch your destruction

Powerless to save you from the self-inflicted damage of your addiction