Some turn to alcohol
To help them forget,
And many use drugs,
Both prescription and illicit,
I use chocolate
With the same devestating consequences
Only on a much slower timeline.
As the new year dawned
I resolved to embattle myself
With this lover-demon
And to loose its hold over me.
My health I cannot maintain
As long as I imbibe
And there is so much more
That I want from life;
So I abstain,
Sometimes only for a minute
At a time,
And I work out,
Relearning that my body
Is capable of movement,
And I feel Life
Stirring once more.