It calls out to you Begs you Try Me Try Me You know you want to It whispers I'll take all your pain away You try it once You swear that's it you think you’re in control Then you try it again and again It takes over your being It calls to you More More You now belong to it It pushes everything thing you love Away from you Breaks your heart and spirit You hurt everyone It makes you go crazy With nowhere to run to Nowhere to...

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-inch blade was folded up in my pocket just in case. Manny’s black Ford sat rusting in its usual spot, five spaces over from the back door of the Skol Bar. Three men talked s...

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 stepping stone to drugs that are lethal Our children don't need drugs they need hugs It's fine for people who are dying or sick Take out the drug portion of the pot Let ca...

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 the inside of his shirt was gone. That damn witch, he cursed silently. It was going to be a long walk, especially without knowing where in the forest he was. Alex sighed a...

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 drugs. Take away the booze.Take away the pain that's in the news. Take away the screaming. Take a way the fighting.What is left but peace in this big blue sky? I just want to...

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 suffocating. “Good god!” Charlie exclaimed once he opened the door. His hand close to his mouth, trying to keep the bad smell away from his nostrils. “When are you going to clean...

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 think I’ll throw it in that truck over there, and once it’s in, I’m not takin’ it back out for you,” the mechanic said. “Bullshit,” Laurence said as he walked into the...

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 will bop,for selling drugs to an undercover cop.Ten years later, I'm out of prison,revenge I shall have,just you wait,I'll bide my time,then unleash my hate.I've found my ma...

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 tearsTo stream on the horizon onThe edge of nightfall's waningWhere the dank abyss is hiding'Neath the dusky cotton clouds.Sunshine old and mellowLifts me airborne raised...

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 spells with, too. He’s Pagan, as am I, you see and he has quite the herb collection. Anyway, I came across a tub of catnip powder and recalled him telling me that he’d accid...

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 addiction worse, The demons have returned, I can't do this alone, I admit, I have learned, I hope God will forgive me, And help me right my wrongs, I've hurt so many, Anoth...

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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 highs you love so much? The escape from reality? I hope you love them as much or more than your life, because they shorten, and sometimes take, it. Trust me, my older sist...

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... Don't you miss us too?

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 couldn’t really breathe I think I broke a rib or two As the water inside me seethed. I tried to stop the drugs today My plan, it almost worked But somebody bought me a joint...