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Turn Up Bob Dylan

The door has been closed for 36 hours. People strewn around the room like broken dolls I keep nodding off and coming back Not knowing what or which is real The air is heavy with smoke The opium rolls like a gray wave Someone is slapping their arm in the corner A fix is about to be made. Spoons and syringes lie around like a war zone But everyone is dying here No one can be saved It only takes time to kill them Bodies ravaged by addiction Minds that know too much truth Slip pass the guardian at the doorway His cross is merely a sign For self incrimination and disease Left here for the slowly declining We're so damn high we can’t see the bottom Upon which we lay By the way turn up Bob Dylan I think I have found my way

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Laura Breidenthal

Date: 10/27/2013 3:12:00 PM

That's the truth for sure. We are lost but there is some hope. Music and empathy can inspire and heal in some ways. But all in all it is a battle that is often fought for years. I've seen too many lost to understand it. Your descriptions are very well presented. Always, Laura

Karen Anglesey

Date: 9/1/2013 10:32:00 AM

Very well depicted and also unfortunate...makes me think of Joplin, Hendrix, Morrison and so many others who succumbed into this abyss. My heart sinks when I think of all the talents have suffered these addictions...well done. Your writing is so deeply affecting

Stephen Kilmer
Date: 9/1/2013 11:11:00 AM

Yes it is sad to see people wasting lives and talent. Youth is wasted on the young. I wasted a lot of time doing the same things. But know I am clean and serene. ~Kilmer

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/31/2013 9:54:00 AM

- A really nice poem to read: Turn up Bob Dylan !!!! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Stephen Kilmer
Date: 9/1/2013 12:10:00 PM

Thanks for reading and commenting. ~Kilmer

Cherie Thomas

Date: 8/29/2013 9:23:00 PM

Wow what a write I can picture it as I was reading every line....this is so vivid and truth to light. Amazing I so enjoy your words kilmer....thanks4sharing:) peaceful journey to you always, cherie~<3~

Stephen Kilmer
Date: 9/1/2013 7:55:00 PM

Been trying to reply to you from my inbox but it is hosed. Kilmeaux@gmail.com.

Stephen Kilmer
Date: 8/30/2013 5:39:00 AM

Thanks Cherie, sometimes the lives we have lived give us much to talk about... ;). Always~Kilmer