Another night out on the town
Jumping from pubs to nightclubs
A cigarette as you walk
Burning embers left in its wake
Inhale more poison as you feel your insides heat
Burning deep inside your chest, a release
Inside the lights are flashing
Multiple colours sway and shake the floor
You give him the cash, he gives you a fix
Take it on your finger, suck until your head floats
Dancing the night away
Keep it coming, another inhalation of this foul smoke
Washed down with gobs of cocaine to bring you to a climax
You know its all you need, you can give them what they came to see
Take the stage and dance, show them what they need
Another drink wont hurt to wash down what now seems to be another two fingers of coke
Forget tomorrow, tonight is where it will count
Then you notice the lights blending, bleeding onto your eyes
The colours burning your iris so strongly
Dizzyness and paranoia push you over, sprawled on a dancefloor
Who was it, who did it!?
They all did, they are not your friends
Hate bound by hate bound by drug of freedom
Let it all out, collapsed in the alley urging all you consume
Vomit burning so strong in your throat
Tiredness overcomes you, your comedown
Found the next morning by a roadsweeper
Paraletic, drowned in vomit
It's over now, the night to impress
Your time to show all you can be
Images destroyed, legends formed
Was it really worth it for one more night?
Author notes
Just something about someone I knew
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It is never worth it, but people have to live their own lives, make their own mistakes - in the moment, they know it all, but then some move on to regret and realisation ... some never change... and there are those who aren't fortunate enough to have the chance for a choice.
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Very dark! I like it though. Quite some imagery in there. I like 'them' and 'they'. I can't relate to it personally, but it's opened up a door.
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Scary good: raw, powerful, emotional, beautiful. Wonderfully harsh write. Amazing job on this.
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wow this is seriously good very real you told it like it is, or like I suppose it is, and yet you did not patronise or condscend in any way, oh and the imagry uotstanding excellent write littlefishesone
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Wow! Such angst, you really captured the pain and the anguish of this one night. Emotionally heart wrenching.
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Whoa
Now that's what I call a shock write. I have known many situations like this, but none that have ended so tragicly. This was quite a little fistful of impressions. Good job!
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