A Growing Shadow Poem by Jesse Nichols

Everyone's a fake
Even friends that I've known
One day you'll awake
To find you're on your own

The friends that you've made
Are just shadows of the past
Just like all the porcelain smiles
They never seem to last

So rail another line
Just kill another day
Dream of how it used to be
To take the pain away

They use to be so crystal clear
Now they're fading out
I don't know why I put my faith in them
When I always had my doubts

This darkness in my heart
This powder running through my veins
Can't numb all, I can feel
My broken soul remains

So increase my usual dosage
And just leave me here to die
They use to be so crystal clear
Before these shadows passed me by