I'm Addicted

When I think addiction

I usually think of drugs

Or mass amounts of alcohol

In bottles or in jugs

I think of traffic accidents

I think of guns and knives

And days and years of pain

And broken shattered lives.

But then I learned of Gather  

And was mesmerized for hours

I read and write and interact

And stop to smell the flowers

While most addictive substances

Have monetary cost

The only cost of gather

Is the time I may have lost

The time I spend on Gather

Is the highlight of my day

A place to read and write and learn

A place to have my say

A corner of the Internet

A place to meet and share

A place to vent and rant and rave

A place to say I care

But also an addiction

And the time just gets away

I wonder where the hours went

What happened to my day.

But as addictions go

I have to say I'd rather

Be addicted to this website

Yes! My drug of choice is Gather