I wrote this while I was in rehab, about the pain of addiction and the relief that can come with recovery.

Please this cannot possibly be true.
That this evil person I see isn’t you.
How did it take me forever to see?
That this evil just happens to reside inside of me.
Lord, spare me from this excruciating pain.
I can no longer hold it together, its driving me insane.
Please relieve me from all of my guilt and my shame.
Now that I’m aware, I’ve only got myself to blame.
I’m determined to restore myself only for the good.
How I dream of living and feeling the way I know I should.
I’m desperately seeking, needing the power to heal.
I know this numbness is not how I’m supposed to feel.
Always so distant and withdrawn.
I ache to feel your presence.
Without you, all hope is gone.
No longer angry for the hands i have been dealt.
I obsessively long for happiness.
The kind to make my heart melt.
I crave to feel your grace.
Finally able to wear a genuine smile upon my face.
Kindly lend me some of your strength and power.
So I may leave my corner in which I constantly cower.
With my new and ever growing faith,
I’m starting to feel a little bit more safe.
I’m continuously working on your belief.
Hopefully, if I succeed I may thankfully at some point find some relief.

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Comments (9)
  • DONDOTTA on Nov 28, 2008

    NICE

  • Kelin Hurt on Nov 28, 2008

    I can\’t say I read poem\’s like this one every day

  • John Dahl on Nov 30, 2008

    I love your poem & the part about obsesively looking for happieness,the kind that makes your heart melt. thats what we all want is happieness,it is hard to try and stay happy but not impossable.When im with you I feel happy, I feel love.

  • Natalie on Nov 30, 2008

    wow astral tahst a powerful poem and beautifully written and I loved it, aswell it touched my heart coz I really related to the feeling in it, I was in rehab last year!!
    You are looking for God so strongly and he has found you babe well done xxx

  • Milton H Peebles III on Jan 5, 2009

    Excellent!!!

  • Anabel Cassar on Jan 7, 2009

    really deep and leaves a great impact on readers, i am glad you managed to find the true you again!

  • Karen Gross on Jan 8, 2009

    So sad that you had to go through this. The pain of addiction is doubled by the knowledge that you at one point made choices that led to this point. Sometimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself.

  • Precious Illusions on Mar 14, 2010

    Very touching…amazing poem…

  • Cynthia Bartlett on Oct 10, 2010

    BEAUTIFUL! Keep writing.

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