128 Lines of Life - The Last 64 (Poem)

The last 16 stanzas of the 32 stanza progression of life...

Thanks to older siblings

And friends in junior high school

They're higher than the ceiling

Following, conforming to what's cool

Sex is introduced at such a young age

Give them access to the Internet

Can watch it all day

Start the partying

While watching grades slip, their falling

How to solve it

Their own way you're not involved with

Setting deadlines to be home tonight

At a certain time

Though kids fight

Against rules, mom

It's life's ride

It's finally here

This is where the grades count

Wishing they would try harder

Maintain on the same route

Without any foresight

That the kids life would untie

F**k right

They'd rather party hard, late night

Having sex, spreading minor infections

And their getting slammed, puking drunk

Won't learn a lesson

Some will grow outta testing

Others experimenting

Till they find a drug that they can't ignore

And there goes your best thing

They should've made the decision

To handle heat in the kitchen

Mature and make the right choice

See they life they'd be missing

But they've been wasting and chasing

A dragon, no motivation

Can't hold a good conversation

Feeling like no one's relating

But what they don't get

The drugs hold you back mentally

When you start it, the drugs cloud the way

Hard to see

Wasted cause hollow

They're trying to fill a void drugs created

Taste it and swallow

Got to change your life, awfully weighted

Addicted to the pain

To the struggle

To the worst things in life

Lost it all, at the bottom

Never changed, still ignites

Full of regrets, what if he(/she) took the steps

To put down all this toxic s**t

And touch it never again

But it's too late, he's too old

And he's done this all alone

There's no family anymore

Dad has died, mom has soared

Now the wrinkles on the surface

Reflect the pain

He's(/She's) hurting

As he shoots it up for the last time

His heart burns...

Author's Note

The last 16 stanzas of the 32 stanza, 128 Lines of Life.

Reviews

[}Echo{]

This is a really great poem. It's really awesome.

[Damien Davison]

Thank you very much Adriana!

[}Echo{]

Your welcome.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Hi Damien, Thius is rock bottom stuff. real life for some but most ignore. First stanza Their They're
And touch it never again and never touch it again.

[Damien Davison]

No I meant the touch it never again lol, but thank you for the They're... I appreciate the review, and I do understand that I took a risk with the second part of this poem making it more personal to what I have witnessed, targeting it more towards the rock bottom, homeless, drug addict kinda feel... I like it like this, though I suppose to make it more popular I coulda kept it as a general thing... Thank you seriously you're reviews help a lot!

[Damien Davison]

And the tit;e 128 lines of life, a play on words with lines for lines of words, and coke, lol. Or any drug powder for that matter..

[Baby Ricochet]

Old Quote "Youth is wasted on the young. Great Poem

[Damien Davison]

Thank you very much, always appreciate the reviews!