My heart burns

The bottle stares into my soul

As if it is slowly moving towards me

The addiction wont give up easily

It knows me

All my doubts and fears

I try my best to resist

But still, the addiction persists

Like a hungry tiger

It pounces taking no prisoners

I shamefully give in

To a long suffering addiction

I hate what it does to me

But mostly what it does to those I hold close

I am guilty and selfish to this controlling deity

The addiction paves the anxiety

The substance is so mesmerizing

I wish it werent true

I want to escape

Is this addiction my inevitable fate?