habits

habits: by definition
something you do on a regular basis,
not necessarily meaning: happily or with enthusiasm.
by definition, an action that somehow became
part of your life,
not necessarily because you wanted to do it, or
even maybe thought about it
until one day, one week, you realized you had a
chain about your ankle, a chokehold on your life,
the vertical lines of the H had put a stranglehold on your neck,
the A was a noose around your relationship, the "t"
stood for terror at the threshold of kicking this
habit that crept into your life so quietly
you hardly noticed until one day,
you did.