Another drug addict dies
From the very thing that they live for.
They never want it to be that way
But it is what their life has become.
A man reads about the death in the
Morning paper as he sips his coffee.
"It's probably for the better,"
he comments to his wife. "We don't
Need anymore people like that in this world."
She nods in agreement and adds, "It's hard to
Feel bad when they do it to themselves."
A young woman walks into a
Family-owned restaurant,
Hoping to get a job to support her
And her small child.
The balding man greets her with a
Smile, but it quickly fades when he
Notices her lack of teeth.
He doesn't care that she is clean, and
Has been for over a year.
He doesn't care that she would have
Dentures and a nice smile soon.
She is turned a way with hardly
More than a glance.
It wasn't the first time either.
It's the continuous rejection,
The lack of stimulation, that causes
Her to reunite with old friends.
Everything starts off fine, but her
Friends lied when they said they were clean.
It isn't long before she loses all
Hope and starts up one more.
Her death is one of many in the
Morning paper a few months later.
People shake their heads and
Cluck their tongues at another
Hopeless drug addict who
Couldn't stay clean.
But none of them see
The bigger picture.
They don't see the trails of
People crying over her body as
They say their farewells.
They don't see the young, orphaned
Girl with big brown eyes trying to
Climb into the casket with the
Only parent she's ever known.
Even years later,
They don't see it.
They've already forgotten
About her death.
They don't see the young girl,
A little older now,
Lying on her mother's grave as
She wishes her happy birthday.
