THE LADY IN WHITE



A warning to you dancing with the Lady in White,
Her medicine stuns, leave’s you HIGH as a kite.
 
      You think back and wonder how it got here,
There are gaps and things are fuzzy nothing is clear
 
      A fucking gorilla lives on your back,
His only purpose is to get a fat sack.
 
      The things you will do and the things you say,
MR. Gorilla will get his way.
 
      How do you kill the beast, the beast is you?
You allowed him in gave yourself up to.
 
      IT takes a lifetime for you to see what's real,
The death of you, your Achilles' heel.
 
      Even knowing you are still willing to play,
If you’re lucky you get to live another day.
 
     Another day is just a day you must hustle,
Sometimes it’s the brain other times it’s all muscle.
 
     It brings temporary pleasure but at what cost,
Among the living are the dead in the land of the lost.
 
      It is powerful overwhelms you and me,
Bounded by chains you cannot break-free.
 
      The lies, dirty deeds and all the shady tricks,
Chasing the bag for your next fix.
 
     I once had hope and dreams to pursue,
Getting High is all you want to do.
 
     The only thing in life I regret,
Is the day The Lady in White and I met…….?
 
              TURBO1904  OCT. 2021

About this poem

Struggling with addiction. The life of an addict is not where it is at. It is a hard way live.

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Written on October 02, 2021

Submitted by Turbo1904 on October 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA XX BB CC DD EE CC FF XX GG HH DD II X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,220
Words 225
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

Debra K Middaugh (AKA turbo1904)

58 years old. Native San Diegan. Lesbian and living the dream. I write poems to release the pressures of life. It aides in my sanity levels. No professional or educational experience. more…

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