Drugstore Heart Poem by Lacie Hebert

You came packaged sweet and bright, 
Like something made to make things right.
A cure for every lonely ache, 
A chance I couldn't help but take.

The label warned of certain pains, 
Of sleepless nights and heavy chains.
Of broken trust and cloudy sight, 
But I ignored the fine-print signs.

At first you worked exactly so, 
You made the darkest corners glow.
You filled the silence in my chest, 
And gave my restless mind some rest.

But every dose required more, 
Than any dose had done before.
And slowly what had brought relief
Became the source of all my grief.

Now your bottle gathers dust, 
Beside the ruins of my trust.
And though I once believed you smart, 
You were poison to a drugstore heart.