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The heroin needle

You told me your addiction isn't my problem. Then why did it make me feel like this?

By Tracy Rose Published 6 years ago 1 min read

As thoughts taunt me

I become overwhelmed with fear

Fear and love

Wishing you were here

An imagination clear as day

The needle

Your skin

What should I say

Tell you I love you

To be shut out

Scream to get better

But it doesn't work to shout

And this drug destroys us

And destroys your soul

The person I once knew

Is swallowed whole

The devil

Making you a demon

As I look at you

I wonder if I can see him

Well see you

If you`re still there

Your blue eyes

Are hazed over with a demonic stare

As you nod in and out

And look at your texts

You feel hurt in your heart

And pain in your chest

But the needle solves the hardest test

And you feel your thoughts of me are put to rest

But I still seem obsessed

Because I can`t let go

You were the person I loved

The one who knows

Me in and out

Like the back of his hand

Secrets incapable of being kept

You weren't just my man

You were my best friend

You gave me advice

You`d calm me down

If I suddenly thought I had lice

Or I thought my room was inhabited by mice

You`d point out everything, even my greatest vice

You`d let me know right from wrong

And sing something even if it wasn't my favorite song

But when you left the thoughts of the needle crawled in deep

And as I slept sprawled up next to my feet

Maybe it wasn`t you who needed me

But I ask you how could you not see

With your needle your love was shifted

But it was you whom I was addicted

sad poetry

About the Creator

Tracy Rose

Just a survivor and her writings. ❤️

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