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addiction
January 21, 2017
and so in love were we with the rain
that we threw ourselves into the sea, begging for more strength
begging for more water
begging for more love
and so in love were we with the stars
that we threw ourselves into the holes of the earth, begging for more knowledge
begging for more beauty
begging for more light
and so in love were we with the high
that we threw ourselves into the drinks
begging for less pain
begging
© Eleanor K., Bethesda, MD
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I wrote this poem for a friend who had a really bad cocaine addiction. She was struggling with refusing to fall apart and refusing to give up the drugs, and although she eventually lost the fight and passed away, I choose to keep her alive through the poetry I still write her.