The night was sticky and hot and I was sweating plenty even though it was well past sunset. Gravel crunched beneath my shoes, echoed loud off abandoned buildings. This neighborhood wasn’t safe after dark but I was hurting and needed to be here. A five-inc...
Pot should only be legal for medical purposes Don't need a bunch of stoners all over the place High people make me feel nervous They'd be stoned and feeling out of space Marijuana is a drug that should be illegal Don't need kids trying out these drugs A s...
It had taken some time for Alex to assess his situation after Arakne disappeared. Of the multitude of supplies he had started out with, only his bag, a few changes of clothes and an empty water sack remained. Even the gold he'd hidden within a pocket on t...
I don't want to hear it.All about how you became this way, Or any way at all. Face all the facts. It was your decision to make your life hell,And now you fall. But don't you tell me such a whiny story. I don't want to hear it, 'cause... Take away the drug...
TIRING INDECISION Adam’s room was stinking of sweat, alcohol and weed. Probably days had passed since he last opened a window, sun hadn’t shined inside those four walls for almost as long and the air being recycled several times had become simply suffocat...
Laurence Cullen had icy blue eyes, thick black hair, and a wild temper that was encouraged by his Russian mother’s doting and his Irish father’s genes. “I rebuilt it, you didn’t pay for it, it’s mine and you can’t have it back until you pay me for it, but...
I slapped a man, he slapped me back,I don't know why; it was out of whack.He then asked me "got any smack?"So to him, I said "only got crack."I'm in a jail cell now,should have realised he was a cop,I'm such a silly cow,and now the judge, his gavel he wil...
This poem only available on Stories Space. If you are reading it elsewhere, it has been stolen.Peach perfect moon in an apricot sky,There are footsteps in the stardustWhere the diamonds of the sunCause a waterfall of velvet heatAnd shining shards of opal...
I think I’ll try some catnip. I ain’t even joking, people. I’ve tried catnip before. Powdered stuff. I was at my friends’ house and we were looking at his herb collection. And I do genuinely mean herb collection, as in the stuff you cook with and cast spe...
I have nothing left, I'm down here on my knee, My faith has all but vanished, I walk alone, I'm solo, just me, My abusive mom is pure evil, Growing up without any friends, I've learned a lot on my journey, Hell is real, not just a trend, My battle with ad...
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Cigarette butts littering the bedroom and yard, I can see in your eyes the alcohol and drugs. No, I don't mean the legal stuff... I mean the stuff that will get you locked up for possession as soon as you turn eighteen. I mean the dangerous stuff. Those h...
Drugs don't make you cool, And if your boyfriend does them, that doesn't mean that you have to do them too. So let the drugs go- and the boy, and rejoin your friends, I promise- we can bring you joy. We miss you, You aren't the same P------ we once knew.....
I went to the moon tonight And I remembered what you said “When you see another’s face, Think of mine instead.” The sky was black and cold I’m getting a little scared All I wanted was a friend All I wanted was to care I held your hand real tight And I cou...