Once you start you cannot stop

You’ll crave it more and more

The light of day will soon be gone

And your world will be enclosed  in darkness

You’ll lose your friends, your family, and peers

And eventually yourself

Once you start you cannot stop

You will regret and feel much pain

Your body will suffer and be in agony

You’ll feel eternally sick; both body and mind

Your hair will fall out, and teeth will be stained

You’ll tremble and shake uncontrollably

Once you start you cannot stop

Your body won’t be able to handle it

Mind over matter you might say

But you lost control over everything

It made you depressed, scared, and hopeless

All of your choices spiraling out of reach

Once you start you cannot stop

Your brain has been possessed

You sleep during class what you can’t at home

And you rarely speak a steady word

Your grades turn into trash

As your memory depletes

Once you start you cannot stop

You are an empty vessel with a lost soul

All the money that you once had had

Is now replaced by drugs

Your futures lost, your life is gone

What’s the point of living any longer

Once you start you can stop

But only if you’re dead

Once you start you can never go back

Your life is over, it’s gone, extinct.