Stubborn

Drugs provide me warmth.

Sorrow into joy is transformed.

Just another scum in a slum.

To the drugs I did succumb.

Outside by people I'm swarmed.

People out to make reforms.

They don't care if I live or die.

To be stupefied this world I will defy.

More of the cops; people; than drugs I am terrified.

Why do they not want me to be gratified?

Maybe their hate will subside.

Maybe they will all be pacified.

Hope it's not by my death.

The fear, beatings, they do nothing but dehumanize.

I do not want to be edified.

An agoraphobic, their damn methods left me scarified.

They think they're reformers. It's their pride.

That is what causes divide.

Let us just agree, we all need to be plain detoxified.

I'm too sick to fight these people that deride.

It has been too long since someone looked at me and returned a smile.

We are, after all, different, but still alike.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

There is more that unites us humans than divides us. I do not judge the place you find yourself in. Others have no right to cast stones. I am smiling not at you but with you. Those are my thoughts as I read another of your writes pinhead. Another which is so much easier on the eye and the concentration for those of us who have trouble with more than 25 lines max.

Chris

[pinhead07]

Indeed, there is. Reaching out to people on here has been so helpful. I myself actually prefer reading shorter writes, hahaha, and my attention span is probably worse.

Shorter writes will probably be easier on my brain. I did find that I tended to ramble a bit in my other writes. Thanks once again for the advice! There’s no going back now! :)))

[Intothemilkyway]

Definitely your death won't be serving nobody any good. Just focus on you and live your own life the way you want it. There are many great things to come if you are in a bad place for now. Never give up.

(We are, after all, different, but still alike.)
Love this part cause it just doesn't have one meaning but more than just one. It's perfect as the ending part of th poem.

[pinhead07]

Thank you so much for the advice and the review! :)))) Indeed, I need to keep marching on. :)