Here Be Dragons

"Here be dragons!"
He shouted to the world
Everyone looked around
Confused as to what he was saying

No one knew why he said it
Or why he was acting so weird
He normally was different,
But this was overkill

Walking along the darkend road
A few flashlights throughout the group
He suddenly stopped where he stood
He looked scared to death

His face was pale
Hands shaking
Beads of sweat dripping down his face
His thin body crumpled to the ground

He was convulsing like mad
Eyes rolling in his head
Kept muttering about dragons
Nails digging into our arms

Someone called the cops
A couple fled
They weren't that great of friends
They'd rather he died than get into trouble

We were all in deep, up past our heads
This we knew for sure
We were minors and had been drinking
In addition to being out past city curfew

None of us cared what would happen
When the cops and ambulence came
We wanted him to stay alive
To get away from his dragons

Someone searched his pockets
His wallet, to give to the paramedics
His phone, to call his parents
And a little white baggie with pills

We stared in horror
When the bag was lifted from his pocket
We drank, yeah,
But we weren't into drugs, especially him

I took a closer look at the bag
Small white tablets
We brainstormed what could do this to him
It had to be acid

We went days without contact
We were all grounded forever
But we were able to go see him
That, they let us do

It was horrible at the hospital
He was lying in the bed
Motionless and unconscious
He overdosed and was in a coma

They didn't know if he'd wake up
But there's one thing they knew for sure
If he did wake up
He would have permanent damage

They said his brain was really damaged
By those couple little pills--he took two--
His speech would be far worse
And he might not remember us

We all felt guilty
For what happened to him
And whenever I hear the word "dragon"
Something tightens around my heart