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Addiction
i hold the pills in my hand
 and keep my eyes shut tight.
 i try to stop my shaking hand
 and pray i'll be alright.
 
 it's a secret that no one knows,
 a pain no one can see.
 my sadness no longer shows.
 i'm no longer me.
 
 the pills begin to numb the pain,
 for awhile i can forget.
 this is the prize i gain.
 nothing bad has happened yet.
 
 i feel the addiction slowly overtaking me.
 i'm blind.
 i no longer see.
 i leave my pain behind.
 
 the pills become my only friend,
 the only thing i understand.
 there is no end.
 there's nothing more i can stand.
 
 now it just my addiction and me.
 i'm completely, and unbearably, alone.

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