A Soul Well Wasted

A Soul Well Wasted

by Chelsey Shellabarger

 

A soul that’s wasted.

A breath that’s gone.

 She’s been battling this enslavement

for far too long.

 

She always says she’s sorry.

She promises she’ll try.

She kneels down in prayer 

as she looks up to the sky.

 

She’s in agony,

but she just can’t stop.

She shoots the drugs 

until she drops.

 

She loses hope.

She lost her spirit.

Her soul howls out,

but you just can’t hear it.

 

She gradually let’s go.

She’s slowly dying.

She takes her final breath.

It was just too satisfying.

 

Her soul is departed now, 

wasted away.

Heroine it was,

that casted her astray.

 

This poem is about: 
Our world

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Chelsey.shellabarger

Drug abuse is a serious issue worldwide. Drug abuse is not something that should be looked over or forgotten. People everyday, no matter their age or their potential are losing their lives to substances most don’t know will kill them, or hook them for life. Those who abuse drugs are no lesser people. Everyone makes mistakes, everyone makes a few bad choices, but no one deserves to be abandoned because of a substance that has taken over their lives. When someone cries for help, we should not turn a cold shoulder, but we should be the support systems they so desperately long for, no matter the situation. Families are torn apart, friendships are shattered, and lives are destroyed due to drug abuse, and one person could make all the difference for another. Take a stand against drugs, and be that one person.

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