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Oh Jade
Oh Jade, you had the world at your feet
Such shame, drink you didn’t beat
It hurts, your life’s now incomplete
Oh Jade, the price you have paid
You didn’t choose this life, didn’t want to die
So now in a grave you are laid.
You had it all, now you don’t
I asked you to stop, but you said ‘I won’t
It’s not that you wouldn’t, it’s a fact that you couldn’t
You won’t come back; I wish you had stayed.
I wish you were here, but because of the beer
You’ve gone, and for yours, my life I would trade
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RoseBlack
Mon, 2023-01-23 17:00
Oh Michael
Such a touching poem- Addiction is so painful and loving someone with an addiction is equally as painful, if not more so. Your grief is displayed in such an honest, yet elegant way. I am truly sorry for your loss.
~RoseBlack~
Michael Keens
Mon, 2023-01-23 19:13
yeah it's shit that some are
yeah it's shit that some are born into this horrible illness. life is so hard! but better than death....