I Remember When

I remember when
When everyday in the summer
I would see the little kids
Playing with their toys and riding their bikes
I remember I was one of those kids
Not giving a fuck in the world
All I wanted to do is play with my friends on the block
Grabbing the chalk and writing 'bffl' on the floor
Now a days you barely see any kids outside
Having fun like they used to
Their parents make them go inside earlier than anyone else on the block
So little Valery cant hang out with little Zacky anymore like they used to
And we can't even go outside without us getting hurt or threatened
What will happen to little Val now?
As she sits on her steps, kicking the little rocks on the floor. A group of people that she's never seen before walk down her block.
She stares at them for a very long time until they reach the second house to hers.
As they walk past, one of the girls look at her with a confused face
Val looks away
The girl approaches her and stares her down
'What's wrong little one' she says.
Val smelled her breath, it smelled familiar but she couldn't name it
She shakes her head
'You know what will cheer you up?' she asks Val 'some of the good stuff'
She inhaled another smoke before giving it to Val 'try it it won't hurt you'
Val just looks at it and makes a stink face.
'Is it a cigarette?' Val asks
'No but whatever floats your boat,' the girl says 'hurry up and take it we have places to go';
As the pressure builds up Val gives in
Grabbing the unknown substance Val looks at it one more time before inhaling it.
After inhaling the smoke she immediately exhales it
'There you go. Congrats, you smoked your first blunt' she says
'A blunt of what?' Val asks
'A blunt of kush, duh' she laughs
Val is confused and thinks to herlself 'kush?'
At first Val felt normal... but after that she felt out of it
Looking very confused the girl asks 'do you feel it?'
Val looks at her with her eyes open and looks at all the other people around her then looks away very fast
'yeah you feel it. Hey, i don't want you to go in the house looking like that. Come with us so your high can go away'
'High?' Val asks
'Yeah, silly. Your high'
Val is stunned and can't even talk for herself
'Do you want to go?'
Val isn't cooperating so she just nods.
'Alright then. Lets go'
Val gets up and follows them..
Not even looking back at her house neither Zacky's
Poor little Val, too young to know what being high means.
Someone help her find the path to good instead of bad.
Help her before it's too late.