Addicted.. the Untold War

You don't know me We have never met Yet somehow, your face before me I cannot forget I envision you Your eyes, your nose, your mouth Although you do not exist as a being You are sweet to smell I imagine you are sour to taste But somehow you make people feel empowered, addicted You ruin lives and families You make babies born needing you before They even take their first breath You take mothers and fathers Aunts, uncles, and cousins You take the young ones, The teenagers so easily You stop their lives And I just don't understand If more people said "no" If more people had control Maybe you would eventually go Maybe you would not even exist This is my greatest wish.