Addicted to Her

love made him bypass

the red flags

the drugs she's abusing

this life that she's choosing

instead of white flags

it's powder

thrown up in the air

she surrenders herself

in its hazy 'paradise'

and she doesn't

seem to care

who she's dragging

along for the ride

and maybe he thinks

he can fix her

because of his pride

but what he doesn't know

or what he pretends

to not see

is that his love for her

is making him blind

to what her life

is doing to him

***

I was going through some old poems saved on my computer and I noticed a folder called "Based On..." where I found some poetry I wrote based on musicals and episodes. I will posting a few of these throughout the course of the week for all of you to enjoy.

This one is based on Roger Davis' and Mimi Marquez's relationship from the Broadway musical Rent. Roger is a presently struggling musician and ex-singer/guitarist who is an ex-junkie and has HIV, while Mimi is a drug addict and Latina stripper.