I'm going to break your heart.
You will hate me when I'm done.
The light will flash
like a photograph
& I'll be gone.
It will be a magic trick
until you see me wandering lost
down the road unable to remember
who loved who.
You will hate me.
I will look neat
like I have my life figured out
until you see the blackened stump
of my teeth & from anger,
you will begin to feel pity,
then sadness & you will want to help
me but I will drag you down
with me into the abyss.
You will see the faces
that haunt me.
You will know their names
& you will try to help
until you are holding the needle
& fighting your arm for a vein
to escape the ether pouring
down your throat..
