-STREETS OF LONELINESS - POTD

They walk the streets of loneliness
Lost without direction
Doing whatever it takes
To pay for that next injection

Bodies thin and dirty
Sickness in their veins
Only thoughts in their mind
Is getting that drug again

Sadly, lost in their own minds
Mental health out of control
Somebody’s child or loved one
Broken no longer whole …
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