Thread in My Veins
From clarity to collapse - a descent into addiction through the addict's own unraveling voice.
The First Hit (Euphoria)
I met her in a whisper,
Silver tongue and glassy grace.
She slid beneath my skin like prayer
And kissed me into space.
No thunder in the needle,
Just a hum beneath the skin,
Soft enough to make me weep,
Strong enough to let her in.
The world turned velvet.
My bones turned light.
For once in my life,
Everything felt right.
The Want Becomes Need (Cracks Begin)
It was just once.
Then once again.
Then once became
The way I breathe.
Lost time. Lost taste.
Lost little things.
A memory here,
A wedding ring.
She took my days in pieces
Gentle, slow decay.
I gave her everything I had
And she still asked me to stay.
My girl left a note.
Said: "You choose."
I chose wrong.
Or I chose to lose.
Fragmentation (Descent)
Bills-
Gone
Teeth-
Ache
No food / no sleep
Just shake
Just
Shake
I think I saw my brother
Or a cop
Or
My shadow
Laughed at the wall today
Wall didn't laugh back
Light's too loud
Skin too tight
Need-
Need-
NEED
Collapse (Disintegration)
Sk!nbugs buzzbuzz
Meltme
Mouthglass
Dreams leakin
Who I where i
D..
Doorr
Whos at the door
Shutitshutitshut
She's here
Again
I feel her crawl
Inside
Eyes leak
Tongue gone
Heart no thump thump
Just hush
Hush hush hush hush hush hush hush hush hush hush hush
I-
I
I...
I...
I.
Once
I was a boy
Who ran too far.
Now I am a ghost
In my own scar.
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