No escape from this monster,
If you’ve taken its path.
No escape from dependence,
If you’ve succumbed to its wrath.
It only takes once,
To feel it’s bite.
You’re entrapped in its jaws,
No matter how you fight.
Escape it offers,
The utopia you feel.
The false sense of peace,
Is absolutely not real.
It’s just for a moment,
So you’re really mislead.
Reality has a way,
Of rearing its ugly head.
Realism back in focus,
Troubles still there.
You realize no escape,
The greatest nightmare.
So more you must try,
To gain control.
Gambling your life,
And selling your soul.
Try as you might,
Fighting with will.
A prisoner you’ll be,
That it’ll eventually kill.
Should you sleep,
To never awake.
A miscalculation,
A fatal mistake.
Don’t ever dare dabble,
Don’t even take a peek.
Don’t take that life’s gamble,
Don’t fall for its mystique.
Run away from this monster,
With all of your might.
Keep those you love from it,
And it’s ferocious bite.