Screaming Why - a Poem About Drug and Alcohol Addictions

It didn't matter how hard I tried
I couldn't make you stay
You didn't care about the tears I cried
I knew you'd walk away

I saw the signs all over the place
The words "I'm leaving" written on your face

You slipped away in the night
Running fast from all that is right

Discarding the gift you were given
Fading into the dissolute life you're living

Lost in deception and fantasy
Refusing to live in reality

Why would you waste such a beautiful mind
Submit it to your world of lies

So consumed in your selfishness
While trying to fill the emptiness

Is this all you wanted to attain
Another high to kill the pain

Tell me, is this all that remains
Intoxication to drown your shame

Paint your smile, but you can't hide
From the guilt you feel inside

It's clear to me you've made your choice
How it kills me to hear your voice

You despise the truth when it's spoken
Prefer to live a life that's broken

Embracing your beloved addiction
Blind to your fatal affliction

Losing pieces of who you are
How will you know when you've gone too far

Will you want freedom before it's too late
Before time has sealed your fate

Or do you love those chains you wear
Is your life really not worth the care

Tell me, will I watch another die
Then stand at your grave screaming "WHY?"