Drugs Poem by Leland hornbrook
Drugs
I said I would never do it, but that was long ago
I hate myself, I hate my decisions
The choice I made 2 years ago, still lingers in my head
I remember my words when I was young
"I would never do that mommy not even when I'm older"
The drugs and liquor, they are in my system
My everyday life is bad but its what's normal in my head
I'm happy, I'm happy when I'm high
But being sober hurts
Even though I'm killing myself when I'm high
drugs take the pain away, but they're the reason for the pain today
my friends don't know my real story
This isn't fun anymore
and This is hurting me
But yet I still take drugs to take the pain away
Addiction is my captor
Isolation is my jail cell
I'm trying to break out my these steel bars hurt
I might just fade away here
I'm fading away here
An insightful piece of poetry, well articulated and nicely penned with clarity of thought and mind. An ugly story of drug addiction is aptly captured in the poem. Thanks for sharing, Leland.
Powerful work, hard to read, but its an honest portrait of an addicts life, I have family members who are recovering alcoholics and drug addicts so I understand what addiction does to a person. I've had friends fall into the trap to, its easy to say something when your young but as you get older and see how the world really is, drugs are a safe thing. A 10+ Hope your getting better.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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3/15/2026 10:08:03 PM # 1.0.0
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