AY – 2nd Place in the WMHD Online Exhibition of Creative Works
You see heroin, what I see is low self-esteem.
Then you see cocaine, I see fear.
You see Alcohol, I see social anxiety!
You see track (injection) marks, I see depression.
You see a junkie, I see someone’s son, suffering in pain.
You see a prostitute, I see and feel someone’s daughter caught in a deadly disease.
I see doctors over-prescribing opiates!
You find someone unwilling to change,
I see them alone, yet nobody had any time to connect with them.
You see me in denial, I feel hurt.
You see someone nodding off,
I see God showing us a sign they need help.
Finally, now when you see the end,
I see the beginning.
You see a dope friend,
I see a future success story.
And when you see all those,
I see me!
My fantasy has taken me places where I should have never been.
P.S – From the point of view (mine) of someone suffering himself.
