BELOVED ADDICT

WE TRIED
YOU LIED
YOU CRIED
​​WE DIED
We could not find the reasons
We did not see the signs
When finally 
Reality dawned
You were gone in all 
But physical form
Hooked on something
We cannot replace
It holds you tight
In hell's embrace
Sniffing powder
Chasing highs
Days lost in bed
Despairing cries
WE TRIED AGAIN
YOU LIED AGAIN
YOU DIED AGAIN
WE CRIED AGAIN
But there is hope
Let's start anew
No more using
Stop abusing
Rehab and a loving home
WE TRIED ONCE MORE
YOU LIED ONCE MORE
YOU CRIED ONCE MORE
WE DIED ONCE MORE
Dirty body
Unwashed clothes
Vacant eyes
Soulless soul
Shaking, shouting
Rages, pouting
Crying, sorry
Same old story
WE TRIED AGAIN
YOU LIED AGAIN
WE DIED AGAIN
YOU CRIED AGAIN
Mental health gone
Endless fight
Police and ambulance
In the night
So what's left now
Just empty shells
Yours filled with drugs
Ours scream in hell
Lost in limbo
Watch and wait
We cannot change
Your choosen fate, though
WE TRY AGAIN
WE CRY AGAIN
WE DIE AGAIN
YOU LIE AGAIN

Marion Price
(2018)