Sunday, March 1, 2009

Addiction...

10 years old.

Friend's basement. Older brother. Abusive home.

Flashlight. Laughter. Humiliation.

Penthouse. Playboy. Innocence lost.

Introversion. Anger. Rage.

14 years old.

Confusion. Identity. Self-hatred.

Video games. Dr. Pepper.

Vivarin. Unisom. Neo Synephrine.

Pornography. Alcohol.

20 years old.

Drugs. Eye drops.

Numbness. Darkness. Despair.

30 years old.

Struggle.

Internet. Image. Seared.

Pain. Scarred. Scared.

One moment. Thirty years.

40 years old. Light. New life...




© 2009 Art Ort Ink

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

...please where can I buy a unicorn?

aorto said...

My grandbabies love unicorns. Irony indeed.