Tuesday, July 19, 2011

youve seen your birth your life your death

ive seen my end.
i think it was quite by accident
but ive seen
how my life will end.

they will need a line into each arm.
and will use up the veins quickly.
my arms will ache
as they did when i was a junkie.
part of what led me here

it will be painful.
even though they will pump me full of morphine
it will make me restless
and make my head pound.
i will talk incessantly and scratch
i will be thirsty.
parched
willing to beg for literal drops of water on my tongue.

funny that the pain and ache i tried to kill with drugs....
is (in part) what got me here and will take me there...
to ache, thirst and hunger.
to suffer my end