Welcome to the Darkness:

This poem tells the story of a man going through the addiction of Alcoholism.

He depicts his journey through the darkness of the addiction. He describes the addiction as "The devils fire within my soul". He further describes how alcohol has stripped away his love, his life & his goals. He refers to alcohol as the "Devil".

There is an air of apology in the poem to his love where he talks about " I chose the devil over you" and " I knew it was the day of ruin". He describes his life now as a broken man "On the doorway of hells hole" and how he can't stop it he knows he is falling more every day.

He makes a plea for someone to reach out a hand to him so he can regain all he has lost. And he asks God to let "her" know he never stopped loving her. But wants her to know it was the devil oh so strong (Alcohol) "that took him by the hand of wrong". He describes the need to extinguish all the pain and hurt that he has caused. But not being strong enough to battle the "Devil" (Alcohol).  

The poem attempts to tell the story of Alcoholism from the addicted person side. To try and explain the struggle of trying to get away from it all. All the time wanting those they love to know that love their love for them that has never changed. It is and attempt by him to explain how hard it is to make the clean break sometimes excepting and part knowing that it, the addiction may take him from this world.