If I could, I would, but I can’t, so I won’t…

It started with a hit,

Progressing to a bowl,

Sometimes a fat doobie,

Then came the water pipe,

My addiction deserves little hype…

I have not done so for a few months,

Though I did fall off the wagon once,

Just a quickie hit, in memory of the past,

It was almost like I didn’t like it,

But my mind knew better quite fast…

Nowadays, if I could I would but I can’t, so I won’t,

But I still might, even though afterwards I sometimes pant,

What other addictions can I end with inner strength?

Certainly not caffeine, soda I find I cannot give up,

I have tried but damn it is harder than drugs or the drink,

I hate to whine but damn, Cherry coke just puts me over the brink…

        © ed ~ 3/29/05