She won’t wake up
She won’t wake up
She won’t wake up
She lays there in a carcass of pasty white skin
With sunken closed eyes and a dark mind from within
On the nightstand empty plastic orange bottles and powdered pills are thrown in disarray
Anyone could see she left her own living hell from the doorway
She won’t wake up
She won’t wake up
She won’t wake up
I knew she was gone from the stare she would give everyone, as though she was no longer in this dimension
“Get some help,” they all told her, but it was just a suggestion
She never was there to kiss us goodnight, take us to school, or cook any meals
But, if we ever believed she could provide that, our heads were clouded in ideals
She won’t wake up
She won’t wake up
She won’t wake up
“We never see her around anymore, is she okay? We can pray for her...” they’d ask
“She’s just sick, she’ll be back soon,” we’d say, but coming up with lies was such a task
She now gazes up at an endless universe of dimly lit stars that never shone for her
We’ll never know what it was that got her hooked, that will be too much to decipher
She won’t wake up
She won’t wake up
She won’t wake up
And she never will
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Author:
elizabethshadow (
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- Comment from author about the poem: No, nothing that I have written has happened to me. I simply wanted to step into the shoes of what others may have experienced in their lives and act as a voice to them.
- Category: Sad
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HI ELIZABETH ~ Welcome to MPS ~ lots of NICE POETS and interesting POEMS ! Thanks for your first Poem ~ for your sake I am glad it is factional & not actual ! Because I am about twice your age so I have had experiences with FAMILY & FRIENDS where for a variety of reasons "They won't wake up" and it is very harrowing ! Depends on the age ~ we have all got to die sometime ~ but it is much harder if the one that overdosed is a TEEN ! Thanks for caring & sharing. It is a well written poem It has good rhyme and rhythm and repetition is important for emphasis in a POEM ~ well done ! The way MPS works is we comment on each others Poems and you can also build up a CIRCLE of MPS Friends ~ OK ~ Please check my POEMS ! Yours BRIAN (UK) I love Texas and I have an Uncle in AUSTIN ~ nice City !
Thank you so much! I appreciate your feedback. I'll check your poems out in return!
Your poem definitely reaches the objective of strumming the heart chords of those who have lost. Many people can relate to the loss and pain that you have relayed through your work. Nice work!
Thanks a lot! I'm glad that you found my poem conveyed my meaning clearly.
they shall have stars at
elbow and foot.
That's beautiful, thank you!
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