Ode to Addiction

Ode to Addiction

Joking and jesting on the road to hell
You threw it all away just to see where it fell
Laugh in the glitter as sparkles spin and retreat
Dance as your life settles all round your feet

Your moment is coming but already past
The high always goes so fucking fast
So chase ever faster till the day that you die
Not knowing that you can’t go faster than high

At first you danced, then you had to run
Then you tired, then you fell; now it has its fun
And now you’ll fight with it every last day
Or else lie down, and it will have its way

Here’s the place your path brought you to
Here’s where karma catches up with you
For every day you laughed lightly away
For every respect that you failed to pay

Finally the sentence will now fall due
For every harm you caused to ensue
For every penny spent on unearned feast
Another day in the arms of the beast