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This poem was written in the mist of me battling a heroin addiction. This was written in June 2003 right as I was trying to get off of heroin. As of Aug. 2005, I have been CLEAN. Thank the LORD!

My Life

© Erin
Thinking back on my life, when I was a little child;
So outrageous and bubbly doing things that were wild.
Thinking back on my life, all those wonderful years;
Not a care in the world, no worries, no fears.
Thinking back on my life, all the advice I was told:
What a wonderful child, my parents hoped they would mold.
But as we all know, it's not always what we dreamed;
Life gets harder, and to us it's not always how it seemed.
There are two roads in life: the right one and wrong one;
The wrong one I chose and it seemed life was done.
But as time has went on, I had to agree;
I can do and be anything I want to achieve.
I have tried over and over and failed to succeed;
But I am a SOLDIER, that's what I believe.
My LIFE is too precious to let it slip away;
I must try harder and harder each coming day.
One day soon, I'll be All that I am;
How do I know you ask?
BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN!!!!

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Published: Jun 2008

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  • Thank you! I myself am fighting lady heroin...your poem reminds me that even though I have slipped , I can make it ... I am turning 28 on Sept. 7th and I want to be around for many years to come...I have a beautiful 14 month old daughter, and she is my life , but because of heroin I now have a child endangerment charge I am facing...I got busted with 3 slips, 31 methadone, and 14 xanax...all while I had my baby in the car with me...thank god D.S.S. is not involved...but regardless, I f***ed up! I just hope and pray I can stay clean...have been for 22 days now...no withdrawals because I had weaned myself down before the bust , I wanted to be clean before I got caught, but the bust reiterated the need. Anyways thank you for your words of inspiration!

    Stephen Joseph Culkin Submitted Aug 2008
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  • I love this poem. In fact I'm facing a similar problem with addiction and need serious help. Thank you for this poem as I have now sincerely resolved to do the needful to help my situation. As I write this I even wonder where it all began. And now pray it ends well. Every new year, my resolution is to put a stop to smoking. But with very close friends still in the act, I always go back with reckless abandonment. I too want to be clean and free from whatever spirit that is behind this vice. God help me as I battle with mine.

    Timothy Okpara, Nigeria. Submitted Jun 2012
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  • I read your poem and I pray to God for you and other addicts out there. My son struggled with Heroin addiction and no more than yourself he went down the wrong road. Sadly Heroin took his life he was clean for 7 months 2 weeks and one night had a relapse and God took him into his hands, it's the saddest day of my life. 19 months have past and what I would do for my son to walk in my door he was only 27, 30 days and he would have been 28 ,this November my son would be 30. I miss him so much my heart is broken and my life will never be the same again. So, if any of you think of taking that awful drug think of the heartache it leaves behind .God Bless you all and my dearest son who I love so much always and forever.

    Linda, Dumbarton UK Submitted 6/21/2012
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  • Omg I can totally relate to this. I myself is battling with the demons of being a heroin addict. I just got out of rehab a month ago and I've relapsed the 2nd week of being out. I am scared of going back to that life but thank GOD I found a sponsor and working my steps and most important am taking it day by day and not worrying about tomorrow!!! Your poem gave me faith and hope that I lost for a moment!!

    Melissa, Dallas, Tx Submitted 7/13/2012
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