"Coping Mechanisms"

Coping mechanisms, listen please..
funny things are these!
Some are effective, others not
all of us use these alot.

When we need an escape,
we have a drink, a cig, or go out and rape.
We might smoke a bit of weed,
not thinking about those we need to feed.
Some might toot a fat line of white,
rob somebody or start a fight.
Maybe, shoot up some heroine, thick and black.
But when its over, 
the problem always comes back.

Others will plant a seed,
or go for a walk,
call a good friend for a long talk.
Write down a line or two,
polish some silver,
or paint something new.
For them effective ways will always do.

We learn these mechanisms as babes, except a few,
monkey see, monkey do!
Or we are neglected, left to our own devices.
So find something on our own to do & pay the prices!
Anything to ease the pain,
anything to keep from feeling insane!
This is where the trouble starts
this is where we lose our smarts.

Hard to replace the bad, with a new right thing.
Like teaching a sqwauking bird not to sing!
Like unbreaking a cold cold heart,
there's nowhere to start!
Like the right way to tie a shoe,
we don't seem to know what else to do
we've always done it the same way,
change is tough, what can i say...

So if you see in this piece, a part of you?
Find a therapist, or a friend or a group or two,
not an enabler, they will help you out,
but in the end they will scream and shout.

That's not what you need to do,
you need a way to cope that doesn't hurt you.
So read my rhyme, and think it over for a time;
and see that you are capable, & what you can do!
When you learn to cope effectively,
like the successful people do.