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The Remedy Is What You're Addicted To

November 22, 2025

My mind still replays the memories

fading away like cigarette smoke

like addiction, i keep craving for more

even when i knew it was killing me

You're no good for me

You're the source of all this

But you're also the remedy

Sweet, unreachable ecstasy

Tell me who you want

Tell me who you need

Tell me who you love

And tell me it's me

I remember the start, the during and the end

Everything is haunting me, reminding me of you

Because all roads lead to rome

And you're the empire

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▾ This Poem's Voice

Deeply personal romantic obsession; autobiographical heartbreak narrative

Multiple layered ideas: addiction, contradiction, longing, inevitability compressed densely

Melancholic, painful desire; toxic relationship dynamics; despair and helplessness

Repetitive imperatives, urgent questioning, intense emotional turbulence throughout

Approximately 21-22 lines; falls in mid-range 16-30 category

Rich similes, metaphor (empire/rome), personification (haunting); ornamented language

Pure lyric internal voice; direct address but introspective; no narrative persona shift

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