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Withdrawal
My eyes opened Light
The hospital room In sight
You
Next to me.
Hey
your voice
echoed
How you feeling
dead I thought
alive I replied
Like you just woke up after a 2 month nap
true.
I laughed
memories flooded
my vision
car crashed
sirens screamed
reality
snapped
awake
your
eyes
the first
thing I see
gorgeous
I thought
as you began
to speak
what are you looking at?
everything
nothing
my feet
touch the ground
want some help?
might be hard after 2 months
you
grabbed my arm
keeping me safe
with you everything
feels safe
vending machines
have
everything
you walked me
walked with me
m & m’s
fell from the wall of food
as our hands
touched
and our eyes
met
our hands joined
as you walked me
to my hospital bed
conversation filled the air
feeling better?
I sat in thought
how do I respond
sure I answered
after contemplation
alex got me
a bear
small
but
gorgeous
like you
my eyes got heavy
as my head rested on the pillow
and my arm wrapped around the
bear
when the sun shined through the
curtains
my eyes opened
looking around for
anything
I found
nothing
no alex
love filled the air
as alex
beautiful as always
stepped through the doors
leading into my hospital
room
feeling better yet?
no I thought to say
yes I replied
mom entered the room
the doctor said two more days!
sam ?
my eyes opened to the sight of
doctors
conversation in the distance
mom and nurse
the word
sam
lingered in the
air
as conversation in the distance
mom and nurse
died down
what? I thought
mom? what just happened
you blacked out
again
gone,
dead
to
the
world
Alex didn’t leave me
until
I was better
two days
two more days
mom walked in
shaking
is she ok? my brain echoed
the doctors want you to stay
one more day
three more days
torture
I want my bed
heavenly
alex stumbled in
vending machine
m & ms in hand
eyes red
from tears?
alex
sad?
is everything okay?
yeah why?
two more days
boring
nothing to do
but think
days going by
slow
alex
by my side
hands together
alex and mine
happiness
In sync
falling deeper
love?
it can’t be
alex was
running through my mind
all day
one more day
happiness
nothing to do
but think
I woke to
the face
of an
angel
alex
the hospital bed
uncomfortable
the nurses
boring
the food
plain
the pain
numbed
the light shined
perfectly
alex was
glowing
gorgeous
love?
pulling me
maybe
Alex
beautiful
more the usual
walked in
our hands met
I wanna be with you
Home sweet home
my bed
brighter
than the sky
school feels different
when love is in sight
class 1 math
where you're the smartest
the kindest
when I don’t know what I’m doing
you
save
me
class 2 science
boring
you not in
view
class 1
class 2
class 3, 4, 5
6, 7, 8
all the same
faded
in my mind
you
alex walked me
home
2 hours go by
head rested on your stomach
movie blaring in the
background
Cuddling
long
warm
safe
you had to
leave
but
you
stayed in my mind
all
night
I think
love
is true?
I wanna take you
on a trip
fun
where?
do you trust me?
alex
grabbed my
hand
pulling
me
somewhere?
the car started
a restaurant
pulled
into
view
you need to eat, lots
number 1, 2 and 3
we ate
more
than
we
can hold.
stomach ache
grow
as we
drove
faster
farther
30 minutes
go by
oblivious
to what
where
we’re going
I will
do
anything
everything
for
alex
we drove
music blaring
hands
intertwined
we walked up
to
a door
random
house
new
friend?
the table was
flooded
with every type of
drug
pick your poison
you said
as you looked
my way
alex
fine
me?
unstable
heart
racing
hands
shaking
I don’t know
what
I took.
alex
trustworthy?
gave it to me
this is my favorite
legs numbed
to
the earth
heart numbed
to
the pain
alex gave me
more
and
more
as
my heart
raced
and
my hands
shook
unstable?
more like
alive
the pain
faded
as I
pumped
more and
more
stuff?
In my
arm
I walked
wobbled
to the kitchen
as alex
high
started to say
sam, be with me?
contemplation
yes:
of course
yes
no:
I don’t
deserve
you
alex gave me
more
this time
better
this time
stronger
I went
home
head pounding
ears ringing
my
bed
softer than
normal
the thought
of
alex
expanded
in my mind
my
heart
mind
body
craved
more
dating?
alex
maybe?
my brain
blank
memory
of yesterday
gone
alex
smiled
my
heart
raced
gorgeous
alex opened my
eyes
to
more.
better
school
gone
the
drugs
took
over
alex
shinned
brighter
each
taste
drugs
life?
alex
love?
a way
to
escape
from
pain
from
brokenness
a cave of drugs
a hole
I
dug
alex showed
me
a
new
life.
better
the table still
flooded
with
every
type
of
drug
not a dent
from
yesterday?
me?
gone
falling
off
lost
alex?
here
holding
on
safe
indifferent
closer
than
ever
the more
drugs
the more
love
pulled
me
I need
to be
high
my
body
craved
it
day
after
day
no
memory
of
yesterday
falling
deeper
love?
or
drugs?
is this
real?
or a
trip?
bad or
good?
drugs
smiled
at
me
drugs
called
to
me
$30
½ gram
alex
sold
day in
day out
We have to go meet up with my boss
i agreed
knowing
her
job
we drove
1 hour
a creepy
broken
down
home
we entered
the house
not expected
what’s
going
to
happen
alex walked
me
this is my boss, be nice
we entered a
small
dark
room
I felt a
hand
push
me
I fell back
into
the
closet
the door
slammed
locked
whispers slide
into the
closet
as
alex and the boss
fought?
I love you
rushed into
the
closet
alex fell to the
ground
leg wet from the
fear
gunshots echoed
the sound
loud
echoing
bam
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