My confidence has betrayed me
and mental strength has abandoned me
Let me to take solace
in the dangerous tablets,
seemingly insignificant
Let me take the first one
and go into dizzy joy
A second tiny one
to escape into a fantasy world
The third one to take me
to a delightful trance
The fourth one to
mild unconsciousness
and the ultimate one
to a dreamless world
with no despair of dawn again
Hi Friends, This is a rather dark theme written for Ermilia’s Picture it & Write.
call2read 
Had me worried for a minute then
oh well:) It is just a dark poem:) Thank you so much for the comment:) Would you like to give the ‘Picture it & Write’ competition a try?
Not sure yet. Got family stuff going on at the moment
unsought reality of modern world…
yes, it is. Thank you, Priyash
Good one!
Thank you so much..
perfectly done and rendered!
Thank you very much, Soumya
Oh, I’m so glad this one is for Pi&w…
I hadn’t realised this until I got to the end…
Phew; I thought there was something wrong…! However, now that my heart is slowing down to normal I can say:
This was wonderfully written; so ‘hard hitting’ yet subtle as well…
Well done…!
Oops….I am so sorry you felt that way…well, I never write about myself in most poems, except the ‘nature’ ones…just the narrator’s point of view…Thank you so much for the appreciation, carolyn..I was actually wondering if the poem came out okay…would you like to try as well?
Oh yes, I’ll get to doing one later on during the week… I’m sooo busy just now…!
No problem about your wonderful writing; it means it really ‘hit the mark’ that I responded like that…!
hahah… so glad it was a poem, and not you…! 🙂
yep:) will look forward to reading yours..your last one came out so well:)
Thank You so much…. xoxoxo
One pill makes you taller and one pill makes you dead, eh?
depression tablets may leave the user with conflicting emotions…just read your story..seemed very apt for the picture..good going…
Wow. I love how we see the effects of each pill and the dark note you leave us on. Great poetry! Thanks for contributing this week to Picture it & write, Nightlake!
– Ermisenda
Thank you very much, Ermilia:) and also thanks a lot for giving us all the opportunity
Beautiful semantics, starting with the ”Let mes” a much stronger voice like that. Yes, step by step, each step one more step down. Some powerful lexical choices, about ”joy”and such, and even the last line, of dark bliss. Very powerful.
yes, this is a bliss of the very dark kind indeed..Thank you so much, Pirate, for sharing your thoughts on this poem..
drug addiction is opening gateway to hell.
yep..very true
This is a powerful view of the addictive personality, lost on a path with no end … until … it meets recovery, personal accountability and a new life filled with freedom.
I can relate to this poem, having been an addict for many years. I am now living, (for the past ten years) a life free of any form of substance abuse. The freedom, the joy and the life it has given me can never be overstated. I will try and contribute a poem to reflect the essence of the picture.
I am thankful that you found a meaning in this poem..Drugs can only enslaven and destroy..Happy to know that you are living a drug-free life. Looking very much forward to reading your contribution to the picture…Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts..
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This was very well written and though I can safely say I haven’t been in such a situation I can empathize with your poem. The false comfort drugs offer are very alluring to especially those without support.
I’ve never been either, but the destruction of drugs can be imagined..It is a false comfort indeed..and thank you so much for the comment..