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Oblivious Before Drug Use
January 9, 2017
Am I gazing through the looking glass?
A magnified image of what used to have me blind.
The fog on the horizon has rolled out, now bolts of lightning flash.
Am I gazing through the looking glass?
A lucid dream of ideas and theories, clear as crystal.
The bolts of lightening scream my name, I understand completely.
Am I gazing through the looking glass?
An unpredictable hurricane of lies, pain, clarity…
The truth has eked its way through the flesh in my brain, oblivion never felt so betrayed.
© Anonymous
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I wrote this poem after first beginning to use drugs. My sister had a previous addiction to drugs and I always tried to protect her and lecture her on how bad they were for her (and don't get me wrong, drug use is horrible).
I felt that through writing this poem I could communicate how I finally understood what it felt like to be in my sister's skin, and how all of the struggles she talked about with her drug use are finally making sense to me.