right as rain

Addicted; for years you were addicted.

Still are—
in some capacity.
If not to one thing—
than to another.

All the same.

Distract,
or
Distort,
or

All the same.

Can’t blame you either.

Even if it meant nothing to them.
Even if you said it meant nothing to you.

“I could snap you in half”:
a show of force.
“I could snap you in half”:
a show of strength.

All the same.

You flee to a world anew.
Then to another.
Then to,
another.
Then to:

crawl out of your bed,
into your throne.

Escape.

Until
mind rotten; body frail and weak.
Until
corpse hollow; inner edges charred black.

Escape.

Until
novelty of new realms run thin.
Until
false realities offer no respite.

“I could snap you in half”.
Even today.

Delivery altered, their message remains
all the same.

Escape;