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Too Late
The screams come,
mothers and fathers
brothers and sisters
sons and daughters
friends and neighbors
another soul lost
another lifeless body
another one gone
oxy,percs,vicodin
or The Big H
a sea of opioids
so easy to drown,
a scream within
a scream for help
a scream not heard
until the end.
mothers and fathers
brothers and sisters
sons and daughters
friends and neighbors
another soul lost
another lifeless body
another one gone
oxy,percs,vicodin
or The Big H
a sea of opioids
so easy to drown,
a scream within
a scream for help
a scream not heard
until the end.
Published 23rd Nov 2014
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It's tragic to lose dear ones to drugs. Some scream for help, some do not. Are we deaf? Or simply ignorant? Or even too helpless ourselves to help in time? I really don't know but your poem touched me and stirred me up.
23rd Nov 2014 9:20pm
23rd Nov 2014 10:46pm
23rd Nov 2014 4:54pm
For a person who have first hand experience with drug users this poem hit home alright!Had this campaign against drugs use and ah,it was too much for me eventually!Too many lives lost,too much desparation and pain and helplessness!Drugs are a calamity really!Killing as much and as many as terrorism!
23rd Nov 2014 11:15pm
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24th Nov 2014 1:00am
24th Nov 2014 5:43pm
24th Nov 2014 4:14am
Very familiar to me. People in the full grasp of addiction can't and won't hear you. Sorry for the loss Hashman.
24th Nov 2014 5:48pm
24th Nov 2014 1:25pm
My heart goes out to you Hashman.
I had a family member who was a heavy user since his teenage years and he found help and was clean for a few good years....but then he fell back again and nothing would stop him. He had to want it. He is no longer here either.
I had a family member who was a heavy user since his teenage years and he found help and was clean for a few good years....but then he fell back again and nothing would stop him. He had to want it. He is no longer here either.
24th Nov 2014 5:50pm
Thank you Lena for your comfort...something all families know (peace and love to all your loved ones) :)
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