part one:All addictions start with suffering.All addictions end with suffering.part two:Addiction beginswhere silence screams.Voids filled withthe cold retreat of alcohol,tobacco’s dry whisper,the sharp thrill of cocaine,gambling’s pulse,screens pulsing past midnight,the slow hunger for shopping,the aching need for moisture from...

       “Many of the Army Rangers thought nervously ‘why me’As they implemented their training to control their anxiety,      “They were specially chosen, because they did not have childrenUnderstanding the knowledge alone would instantly end them,      “Legends say...

             “Trick or treat yelled the kiddies going door to doorGetting rewarded with candy, like money to a whore,            “Up and down the steps damn near breaking their neckRail-roading motherfuckas, showing no respect,            “Batman, Frozen-at the...

Mirrors mirroring not what mirrors mirror.   Drinking this mirage, emulating my form.   Echoes of reflecting thoughts exuding an air of sorrow.   The presences within the glass, weeps deeply at its glassy heart.   A blind man I am, staring into this mirror.   Blinded in darkness, yet sighting the pain.   These curtained eyes, sightful...

The phantom voices are soundless unsoundness to the normal world.   With my own tongue, psychosis cracks this lash, scolding the empty air.   Give one hell, give another heaven, but where is my heaven?   Fracture this jawbone - this jabbering embarrassment within my vacant face!   Raked over hellish coals, blistering with utterances, my mind...