Dope Fiend

-Dope Fiend-
by
Keaton Foster



Addictions
Monsters turned friends
All who hate my guts
They are always taking me
Into the darkest of depths
Madness that won’t relent
Life easily circumvented
Alive within death
My wicked heart beats
My terrible mind believes
My seared lungs rise and fall
Numb I have become
To everything except one thing
One true power
My absolute god of due diligence
Failure is no option
I must achieve my goal
To get as high as the sky
Way beyond any known plane
Suffering none is my truth
My one constant in a world
Of ever-shifting absolutes
At inappropriate times
I convince myself that
I am sure that I can beat it
The most convincing lies
Not based on any truth
One toxic stew
Has grown into others
The fix must come
The itch must be scratched
Being a dope fiend has its ups
For most of my time
I don’t have to feel
I don’t have to know
Of all that I’ve done
And of all that has been done
Numb within
Turned outward bound
Those who love me
See me with a vacant stare
I know that they care
But certainly I do not
Escaping my own reality
Is all that matters most
Each jab of the needle
Each pill in my wretched gut
Gets me one step closer
One foot deeper
Into a hole from which I
Am certain I will never escape…


Dope Fiend
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2012.