Dyeing to live
I’m Living to die
Living for the next high.
Injecting the devil’s juice into my veins.
I’m living life as though I only have days
Hoping I don’t die from this next high.
My body is trembling I need a fix.
Here I go again injecting to live.
I’m fighting this demon that controls me.
I’m struggling with this demon that takes over me.
I’m dyeing to live,
But I always give in.
I’m losing this fight.
Here I go injecting again.
I feel the stick, I’m no longer sick.
I can’t breathe,
My heart is stopping.
What have I done?
My life is coming undone.
I’m praying To God to let me live.
I promise this will be my last fix.
I’m letting go,
I’m breathing slow.
My heart stopped.
I died to live till my next fix.
About this poem
I wrote this poem when my nephew died of an overdose. I put myself in his shoes and wrote of what must have been his struggle.
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Written on August 01, 2022
Submitted by LatinX on April 13, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXX A BC DD CX XXX XXE ECB FFX B |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 741 |
Words | 172 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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