You threw your cash on the table and said I could have it if I knew how to use it.
But it lies there untouched aside from
with white dust I use to get myself high
every once in a while in our little black bathroom.
The shades drawn to close out the sun.
When I was battered you would announce that I
couldn't differentiate between love and life and death;
it was all the same to me in some bi-polar state of--
I can't be anxious with no emotion,
So with my back turn I'd flick at my nose.
Wakemeup wakemeup
I-like-the-feeling-of-being-on-speed-on-speed
And I like the way it kills out the fact you no longer
makemehigh even though sometimes I swear
I still love brown eyes more than green
and lips I want to touch your lips.
You dumped it all out in the river and you said that I'm a baggy pile of bones and skin.
And when we danced I swung like an inanimate object. Raggedy Ann.
The moonlight catching doll-like skin
The Drugs and Money float away,
And you asked if I'll ever come back.
Come back.
Some day.
Author notes
Cocaine.
A contest entry
- *Acid-Meth-Glass-Speed-Extasy* Addiction. by Nicotine Eyes.
300 points, ended February 13, 2008, 9 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Dealing with Addiction.... by LovesWithTheBreeze.
375 points, ended April 12, 2008, 24 entries
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Comments
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I really liked this. Meth is a really big drug these days. I know a lot of people who have been addicted to it. People who got lost and will never come back. I hope for the best in your sobriety! Great write and thanks for the entry! Remember...Drugs are bad!
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Thank you very much. This is actually about cocaine, not about meth, but they, in reality, are very similar drugs (at least in effect). Once again, thank you.
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I actually really liked this entry. It was one of those, ok let me re read that to soak in what this writer is trying to convey and i think the second time around it became clearer to me. sad but true, raggedy anne and raggedy andy....that is exactly how it becomes. thanks for entering and good luck in the contest.
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I really like this.
Good message, strong voice... I love the lines:
"You dumped it all out in the river and said that I'm a baggy pile of bones and skin,
and when you danced I swung like an inanimate object,
The moonlight catching doll-like skin,
Drugs and money float away,
And you'll ask if I'll ever come back".
They're brilliant. I like where you went with this. I'm impressed.
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*good
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I like the ending, alot. Nice job here. So are you really an addict..or just a write?Thanks && godd luck
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I'm not an addict anymore. Though, I've always shifted in and out of addiction. Sadly enough, a lot of the poems I write deal with addiction or at least have drugs in them. Whether addicted or not, they're a strong part of my life.
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