Can happen to anyone.

UP up and away in my fucked

up mind.

High on drugs and alcohol.

Thinking and feeling weird s**t

and sometimes nothing at all.

Eventually when I

coming down.

oh god, do I feel rough?

Needing another fix

as fast

as I can get.

Around and around I go.

From high to low

and back again.

My family, they tried to help

me.

But I pushed my luck dry.

They kicked me out

and ban me

from every returning home.

So here,  I am on the streets

middle of winter,

cold and sore

tired and hurting

and people just walk

pass me on the street

some spit on you.

Swear at you.

And kick and hurt you.

Oh, the joys of everyday life

of a junkie on the streets.

Not nice.

I ones had a good job.

A family.

A proper nice home

and a sweetheart of a lover.

Then my life turns from

recreational drugs

to full-on habit over a short

space of time.

Tragic and so true for some folk

I guess.

Everyone has a story and a life.

And a junkie is no exception

some tragic and devastating

has happened to them

to make them turn to drugs

and ended up being on the streets.

Reviews

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

First of all, I just have to say that this is wonderful.
No one should judge anyone. Everyone has his own weaknesses, have is own strength, have his own filthy past, have his own dirtiness, have his own mistakes, has his own point of corrections. No man is perfect and I don't think I've ever come across one without flop. We are living in a world of perfect imperfections. No one should judge nobody, you may not know what push me into doing it, you may never have had experience of what I'm passing through, you may have never be in my shoes, then why do you have to blame me for my past mistakes.

And I found this judgemental act among people, they easily cast blame without knowing what the victim is going through.

Well penned, Dawn.

[Onlyme]

Bless you Kay, your a true sweetheart and a remarkable heartfelt true soul of a human being. As so write, who are we to judge anyone else. hugs. Dawn.

[Dave]

Dawn - I believe you. Unfortunately it can happen to anyone. I know from experience through a very dear friend who got caught in the vicious cycle. We all thank goodness that he found his way out. As far as I know none of us were judgmental of him, but made it very clear that we were there for him.

Dawn I hope, and pray that for you this writing was just an exercise not a recollection of things that have happened to you.

Please take care - I do care about you - Dave