I Am

I will take your daughter.
I will take your son. 
I will control their minds,
their hearts,
their souls.
I will rip them from the inside out.
From your family,
and from their friends.
They thought I was just a game.
but its you who has no doubt.
I'll take their everything.
So be ever aware,
I have taken them over.
I am the monster that lives
in the back of their heads.
I'll make them crazy
when they keep searching for me.
They'll want more.
Yet, when they run out of what I provide
so is their sanity as I set it to the side.
They will try to kick me out
and clean up their life.
You know I will always be in the back of their mind.
I don't want to leave
and may never go.
You can help them make the choice
between life and death;
between God or me;
They may find the key.
They will lock me away.
I was the drug they kept trying to find.
Maybe then, they will learn what is on the line.

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Date: 12/11/2024 8:31:00 AM
Many a kid has been lost to drugs, and no doubt many more will follow. The ones that survive sometimes go on to help the ones still struggling.
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Date: 12/11/2024 8:33:00 AM
I am in recovery. There is no better way to help another get free than a person who is already in that boat. Recovery is a life choice that is for life. It is incurable but maintainable. Thank you for your comment.
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