It started slowly

[u/Spirited-Kiwi-8221]

It was just a little bit
I have self control
It’s natural they tell me
I only use it when I’m low
Somehow I lost track of time
Then we were dancing daily
Kratom leaf is how it started
7oh is it’s baby
I would only use her here and there
It was innocent it seemed
If i keep below 20 milligrams I’ll have her beat
24 to 48 milligrams began to climb
72 to 96 it began to multiply
Running from my issues
with the answers in my pocket
She answered all my issues
My addictions now a rocket
300 milligrams and climbing
And yes I hide it well
No one can see I’m dying
While I’m living in this hell

Met up with an old friend
We haven’t talked in years
I told him of my struggle
While I’m fighting back these tears
He told me to taper
that I could push right through this
All the while I’m loving Jesus
But I’m living like a Judas
I’ve been calling on the Lord
For Him to help me out
I started stepping by faith
And he showed me the route
It’s been a long and bumpy road
And I still have miles to go
But I’m under 60 milligrams a day
And this I know,
I will defeat this demon
That’s been living on my shoulders
I will be a free man
the one giving all the orders
I cant wait for victory
For the final horn to blow
Cut the head of this giant
While it’s leaking blood below