WHEN I GROW UP

WHEN I GROW UP

When I grow up...
I want to be hooked on drugs..
I want to beat up my Father...
And act like a thug


I want to steal from my parents...
I want to steal from my friends...
Heck I'll take money from Grandma..
Who will care in the end?

I'll have everyone worry...
Be real scared of me...
That's exactly who when I grow up..
That I will want to be

I'll take your credit card...
I'll sell my x-box...
I'll take all of moms jewelry...
To get what I got

I'll go in Dads wallet...
Take all of his green...
Tell him he's crazy...
I'll get really mean

I'll tell them I'm fine...
I'll keep my scars hid...
They will want to believe me...
I mean, I'm their kid

I'll be so smart...
They won't even know...
I'll just sneak around...
They won't know where I go

You know this isn't me...
It's the drug talking inside...
The drugs taking me down..
The drugs making me die

Remember me please...
Before the drugs came...
Remember me please...
Before I had game

Remember the good times...
And none of the bad...
And if the drugs take me...
Please don't always be sad

I never meant to go...
No, not like this...
But the drugs were so strong...
I just couldn't resist

So, I am sorry
For doing this to you
Your deserve so much better
And I really love you

Tell Dad I'm sorry...
Tell my siblings too...
And if I had children...
Please keep them with you

I love you so much.
You were special to me..
But when drugs entered the picture...
It wasn't me you would see

I looked and I talked...
Maybe the same...
But it wasn't me...
Playing this game

And that is the power...
Of some little pills...
Or little white powder...
It wasn't my will.

BY GWENDY VANUCCI
About the Author
I am a mother of 3... Minus one... Oh I hate the math part. My 20 year old Tommy, passed away in his sleep in his room on 3-30-09. Since then I have been struggling with grief...and I needed to deal with it. I grieved out loud...with words. I write poems on grief. If you liked the poem you just read, and would like to read more of my work, I have 3 books available at LULU.COM just look up my name GWENDY VANUCCI. I'm not out to make money off my sons death... I am out to help parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends...deal with the grief they feel. Grief is a normal healing process that we all go though. My journey with grief and my poems are a very raw look at all the stages we go through to hopefully feel whole again. I guess I have to keep writing, cause it's going on six years since my son passed, and it's hard to feel whole with a hole in my chest.
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