You are my narcotic

                          when life’s squabbles

                          neurotically agitate me

 

                               You are my caffeine

                          for my diurnal cephalic pain

 

                               You are that nicotine

                          I take in daily doses

                          to satiate my cravings,

                          my suppressant

                          to sink away

                          the strains of today

 

                               You are a liquor

                          I flood to drown my senses

                          at the point of rendition

 

                               You are my panacea

                          my sole salvation

                          hence the galling

                          storms of living