Release

“It's not that difficult to overcome these seemingly ghastly problems...what's hard is to decide to actually do it.” -Robert Downey, Jr. The needles prick sticking and the liquid flows licking the sides of the tube with a red-bleeding tongue while my chest rises slowly, my lungs breathing, heaving great sighs of relief The cold rushes in, seeping, heaping my heart in emotion and motioning my body to crave it “Just drink a little more, just beg a little more off that friend who you met behind the fulton street store” I feel the pull, and I’m ransacked by guilt Blood spilt last week for my nighttime addiction Can’t even remember the last time control was more than a goal for me to work toward