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The Drug Worth Taking

November 29, 2018
By Madeliaccola PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
Madeliaccola PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
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is a falsehood in itself.

It reddens your veins

from wasting your blood;

it takes someone strong

and brings them to their knees;

it paints the world red

until it all goes pitch black;

it steals away your God

and massacres your mind;

it criminalizes a soul

that never wanted a smoke;

it makes a shy person

bashfully begin to lose hope;

it lies and manipulates

whoever agrees to submit;

it draws and quarters

the innocent young fool;

it summons tears until

you’re insane from the aching;

it lets you cough every

drop of blood onto the floor;

it cannot be drank away

like most of your maladies;

yet I loved it so much

I want you to live better than me.


The author's comments:

This piece was just another hard one to write, becuase, to put it simply, it's about love and pain. It addresses someone who I suppose I want nothing for except happiness, in hopes that by the time he reaches my age he hasn't had to go through the same things I did. That's about all I can say, so I hope everyone can learn that love is not something that treats people lightly. Thank you!


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