Nameless Drug
Like a star in Hollywood
I never thought I would
watch you like a TV screen
yet it makes me wanna scream.
So close, yet so far.
Makes me wanna raise the volume bar
only to get drunk as if I sat at a bar.
No, not just temporarily drunk
but addicted to you like a pill.
I would swallow you with passion.
Slowly, but precisely timed like a slam dunk.
One pill a day is what the prescription says
but you're too good I must say.
My diagnostic says I took an overdose
but I thought I was just getting started.
Who knew one pill could get me so high.
I think I almost touched the sky.
I am living on cloud 9
with no worries of what tomorrow holds.
It's sad that you're not over-the-counter
because ever since our encounter
I've seen you as my medicine,
making me happy and bold.
It's unfortunate however,
that like a star in Hollywood
I can only watch you on a TV screen
and hope one day I can make you mine.
But until then,
one pill at a time it is.
Copyright © Njiba Kasonga | Year Posted 2011
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