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Theft by Deception

Welcome to Hell
I feel like Heaven
I’ll feed your head with lies
Just one more time, you won’t die
It was fun at first, what we had
But it sure didn’t take long for it to go bad
It’s just me and you now
You’ll find yourself asking how?
How did I get here?
The drug brought upon all of my biggest fears
But it tells me that it’s not the reason
So I’ll keep getting high for just one more season
But just one more never seems like enough
I promise everyone I’m done and they call my bluff
One day you’ll realize it’s not like it was
Everyone’s life went on while yours came to a pause
But now it’s all I have left
It’s just me and the drug
What have I done?
I look up and realize how big of a hole I’ve dug

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Theft by Deception Welcome to Hell I feel like

Name Is Narcotic

My name is Narcotic, and I bring no peace,
I’ll enter your life and never release.
With patience, I wait, silent and sly,
Until you invite me to stand by your side.

I’ll start with your family—that’s my first mark,
I’ll extinguish their love and leave only dark.
You’ll try to resist, think you’re still in control,
But I’ll strip you of hope and shatter your soul.

I’ll make it seem easy, just one little taste,
And slowly I’ll lead you to ruin and waste.
The life you once cherished will crumble and fall,
And you’ll barely remember it at all.

The sadness you feel? That’s my design,
I promised destruction, and now you are mine.
The voices you hear, the chaos inside,
Are all part of me—I’ll never subside.

I’ll walk beside you through sorrow and pain,
Through sleepless nights and moments of shame.
You’ll think of the times you could’ve said no,
But now you’re lost in the depths below.

Those innocent faces, your reason to fight,
Are now left in the shadow of your endless night.
They were your purpose, your guiding light,
But you let me steal them out of your sight.

You’ll ask yourself why, if it was worth the cost,
If anything gained was worth what you lost.
But don’t blame me—I didn’t force your hand,
You opened the door and let me command.

Now, I’m your shadow, your master, your chain,
Feeding on your sorrow, thriving on pain.
I didn’t break through; I didn’t invade,
You sought me out, and the choice was made.

As you lie in the dark, alone with your dread,
It’s my voice, not theirs, that lives in your head.
Not laughter, not love, not hope or light,
Only regret in the endless night.

You could’ve been stronger, turned me away,
Kept your life whole, but you let me stay.
Now I’m a part of you, forever entwined,
The destroyer of hope, the thief of your mind.

My name is Narcotic; I’ve won, and you’ve lost,
I thrive in your ruin, no matter the cost.
I’ll stay by your side till your final breath,
For I am the shadow that drags you to death

Name Is Narcotic My name is Narcotic, and

Coming Clean

No one else can know,
my secret safe with only me,
yet paranoid at my transparency,
everyone must recognize my vices
that I just can’t live without,
taking over my body, my mind.
I’m caught in a bubble, seen by all,
chasing highs.

Deadly game that is played to tragic end,
and the hooked take the risk, always
addiction is the master,
instructions to self-destruct,

and I make sure
you don’t know my hiding places,
paraphernalia out of sight,
sudden excuses to leave tip you off,
and I overlook subtle clues
that you pass, just obvious enough
to let me know that you know,
and it squeezes your heart,
while my heart is numb.

Madcap behavior I can’t ignore forever,
I confess my violation of your trust,
You respond, “It’s about time.”
Feeling foolish I ask, “You’ve been waiting
for me to be ready to come clean?”
You respond with tear falling, “No, I’ve been waiting
for you to be ready to get clean.”

I don’t know how to do this,
the insidious obsession feels impossible to beat,
and now seeking clean life,
I’ve never faced a more difficult fight.

Coming Clean No one else can know, my secret

Wraiths

We are the wraiths floating above Embracing the ghosts of our chemical love

We are ones, you’re not sure you see Hiding in shadows that you can’t perceive

We search out the alleys, the cut- throughs, the lanes

Industrial bridges who call out our names

Waiting for runners: “When did he leave?”

Bring us the air that only we breathe Broken glass vials and sharp metal pins Empty and deadly but smiling within Our obvious secrets betrayed in our

eyes Our scars and our tracks the meaning-

ful lies

So we’ll stand in your judgment be- cause we are the grey In your black and white world and the brightness of day

And these wraiths are my friends now I choose not to leave and walk on down dark tracks

Refusing to grieve

What are you burning

I think it’s your soul

You’re breathing in smoke

That won’t fill the hole

And when you breathe out

Your chemical pain

Your heart is still bleeding

Just numb from the pain

Emptiness comes

You know it so well

The hour of nothingness

Then breaking the spell

Dead ends and grey roads

You’ve been here before

Run whil you still can

Then run on some more

Escape this distraction

It doesn’t exist

You’ll get back the love

The love that you missed

And one day you’ll look back

Look back and see

You rose up from nothing

And you will be free.

Wraiths We are the wraiths floating above Embracing