Analysis of The Voice of my Addiction
Joshua Ewing 1987 (McPherson, Kansas)
Well, it's nice to finally meet you.
I've been waiting for your call.
I've noticed you've been crying,
And I've watched you pace the halls.
Whatever has been hurting you,
I can make it disappear.
You know you have nothing to lose,
Nothing to live for, nothing to fear.
Thank you for your invention.
I'll be sure not to leave your side.
We'll become very fast acquainted.
My naive child, there's no use trying to hide.
I should probably introduce myself.
I am your very own addiction.
But you cannot be angry with me.
I am you own self-conviction.
I bet you feel rather stupid,
Falling right into my lap.
I'm a master at manipulation.
You'll never escape my trap.
How does it feel to dance with the Devil?
For he and I are one in the same.
God has completely abandoned you,
So you might as well stay in the game.
Are you honestly going to try and beat me?
A useless battle if you want to know.
Go ahead and make an attempt.
Besides, I'm in the mood for a good show.
I guess you think you're special.
But your sobriety has only lasted a year.
I'm still around every corner,
In the back of your mind.
I'm your greatest fear.
I'll always be your dirty little secret.
I won't disappear over time.
Twenty years from now you may falter,
And I'll be the first thing that comes to mind.
A vicious cycle, that's what you're thinking,
But I'm only speaking the truth.
I'm Satan's weapon of mass destruction.
The silent killer of America's youth.
It's genius when you think of it.
Everyone's looking for some Armageddon war.
But what the fools don't realize
Is every day Armageddon walks through their front door.
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Metre | 111110011 1110111 1101110 0111101 1011101 111101 11111011 101111011 1111010 11111111 101101010 1111111011 11100011 111101010 111011011 11111010 11111010 1010111 101010010 1100111 1111111010 110111001 110100101 111111001 111001011011 0101011111 10101101 0110011011 1111110 1101001101001 110110010 001111 11101 1111101010 1101101 101111110 0110111111 0101011110 11101001 111011010 01010101001 11011111 1010110101 1101110 1100101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,611 |
Words | 348 |
Sentences | 36 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
I have had years of drug abuse and in the back of my head I have the voice of my addiction always carrying me down telling myself lies just to keep me on using telling me I can't live without so I wrote this poem to tell people about addiction that the voice isn't really there and if I can beat that addiction anybody can too
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