The Addict



He has one thought and is numb from all pain;
he thinks of things that are so vain...
    
    He, himself, his drugs and pipe;
    when and where?...Everynight.

His family and friends are now far from view;
once a very proud father of two.

    At first it was fun at parties with kids'
    creeping away from his babies cribs.

Excitement and thrills, like when he was young;
now an old man of forty-one.

    His suit of black and tie of red;
    can no longer cover up the unexplainable things that
    he said.

His wrinkles show through and drown out his smile;
for just one rock he'd sell his own child.

    His wife is gone, children too;
    his job and home bid him ahdue.

He is left with nobody, no family or friends;
althrough he still has all the terrible sins.

    Now he lays in the grass in his perfect black suit;
    with a gun in his hand ready to shoot.

Trigger is pulled, no thoughts in head;
don't need no drugs or family and friends.

    His eyes won't open, his heart won't beat;
    his mouth won't move so he can speak.

He is gone from here where he is safe;
from pain and suffering now feeling great.

    He'll never be there to tuck you in;
    or to say "goodnight" at the nights end.

Love him now even more;
and show respect to the poor.

    You never know how life will end;
    but stay away from people like him.

-end-

About this poem

written in 2005. One of my first.

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Written on April 08, 2005

Submitted by solsticesky3 on June 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AA XB CC XX XX BBB XB BB DX BB BD BX XB XB XX BX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,364
Words 297
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

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