You could be driving your car, or in your armchair having a snooze
Partying with friends, popping pills in twos
You've got to check out someday, if only how you could choose
Live your life health consciously, exercise and eat your five a day
You're going to die at the end anyway, play the game your way
Choose what's important, have drive in your soul
Materialistic possessions aren't my lifes goal
Politics, propaganda, sex and TV
Pull the wool over your eyes, make you think you are free
People die every day, if only how they could choose
Death is all around us, it just don't always make the news
Each life individual, each moment unique
Spend your time wisely. Question the treasures you seek
I have a good friend and that friend had a son
He was searching the dark web for sleeping pills and now he is gone
Thought he was taking diazepam, so he took one
Instead he was taking fentanyl and now he is gone
So choose your priorities wisely, choose what matters most
Don't end up like my friends son
Twenty years old, dieing from an opiate overdose
A talented musician, making his own songs on YouTube is what he loved most
Now he's in heaven, partying with the holy ghost
Stay off the dark web, question the urges you get
Popping pills from internet is like playing Russian Rulette
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Syd,
Thank you for this powerful
message! It's so close and
dear to my heart... I will
definitely impart! A subject
of poignant interest!
For me, it reads like a
prayer that I will pray
every day with the hope
it will not fall on deaf ears!
~Laura~
Thank you Laura. I'm glad you liked the poem and that you can relate. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Take care - Syd
Of course, legal medicines are valid. Even with them we have to take the correct dose.
A sad write of a life hardly begun. Somehow poisoned his system, - for the next 'high' or whatever?
The poor lad thought he was going to have a restful night\'s sleep as he was due to be up early for work the next day. I don\'t believe he was taking the pill for a high. My very close friend (his father) found him dead the next day. It took almost a year to get the results of the toxicology report. Never have I known a more horrible thing happen to a nicer person. Thanks for reading Orchidee
I see, Syd. I understand not all pills are taken for 'highs'. A tragic event.
It truly was. His father will never get over it.
Take care - Syd
Sorry - my corny joke seemed a bit much. I'm not very good at 'black humour'! I've deleted it now.
No worries Orchidee, I'm an easy going person and very hard to offend. I just thought I'd give a few more details of what happened as it was only last year and he was good kid, very talented and loved by everyone.
A powerful warning Syd - - there is much to be said for living "health consciously" and not trying our luck. Such a sad end for your friend's son.
Hi Fay. Yeah a sad ending indeed. It was the same drug which killed the singer Prince. It has swept the US and is responsible for thousands of deaths and is now appearing in the UK. I know I have done some stupid things in my time but this drug which he mistakenly took is an instant death sentence. More awareness is needed.
Thank you for your feedback - Syd
Very strong and powerful write, the dark web is so dangerous.
Thank you Goldfinch, yes it certainly is.
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