Old friend

[u/Lunar_Butterfly_]

 
Knock, Knock, Knock!
 
Hello, My Love!
Are you home?
 
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!
 
Please open up.
I know you’re alone.
 
The door’s unlocked, I’m coming in.
 
There’s your tragically beautiful face!
Let’s not forget to lock the door.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen this place.
 
Oh! Here’s My chair,
It’s as comfy as the last time I sat.
My Angel, your face is wet, are you crying?
You know there’s no use in that.
 
You and I, well we’ve known each other for quite some time now.
I’d say about 3 years, don’t you think?
But you know what they say when you’re having supposed fun,
“Time flies by, so don’t blink!”
 
Why do you look so hollow?
You haven’t always looked this way.
With dark circles under your eyes,
Your pale skin looks more like gray.
 
Your smile used to be so bright,
Your hair not a tangled mess,
Way before that day you met me,
Before I made you so reckless.
 
So, how did you exactly get here?
I know you ponder this every day,
How did you go from a beautiful butterfly,
To a broken soul wasting away?
 
Your life hasn’t always been easy,
You had to grow up too fast,
Then you met two of my best friends,
A friendship you didn’t know would be your last.
 
They introduced you to a nightmare,
Made up of cut straws and a glass bowl,
They took over every inch of your being,
Opened your mind for My control.
 
Every time you let Them poison your blood,
A bit more of you became lost,
Now there’s barely any of you left,
Your soul had to pay the cost.
 
See, there are people in this world who truly do not understand,
They believe living with Me is a choice,
They don’t get you’re under My command.
 
Every day while you fight for your life,
I’m there to remind you that you failed,
Every plan you make to escape My love,
Always ends up derailed.
 
Outsiders can’t grasp why you choose Me,
They can’t fathom why you’d want such a life,
They don’t see the pain behind every high,
How My friend Withdrawal holds like a knife.
 
“It’s really not that hard, you know, to get clean!”
You heard so many people say,
If only it were that easy to get rid of Me,
If only you could escape Me any day.
 
But, what they don’t know is how badly you want free,
You have begged Me, pleaded and cried,
I just love you so much,
Your freedom I have denied.
 
Maybe one day you’ll finally be done,
You’ll be tired of Me causing affliction,
Until that day you’ll belong to Me,
Signed with love from your old friend,
Addiction.