D - Drugged

My focus for the Tenth Anniversary of A-Z April Challenge is all about heart.

Reflections of a life well lived is an extract from a series of poems which venture to encapsulate my emotions in situations in which I have found myself throughout my life.

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Drug abuse is a very real issue and danger in today's society. More than ever, all sorts of mind-bending opioids are being made available.  Don't for one moment think that the drugs which are causing damage are only illicit ones which are hard to come by. Anything and everything is being tried by the youth and adults alike, to get a 'high'. The problem of drug abuse is many-fold: (1) criminal elements introducing young people to drugs; (2) an education system which lauds feelings above facts; (3) the entitlement of the 'me' culture; (4) a 'feeling' of hopelessness which is also pushed on people to control them. The list goes on and on. I'm not even going to start on drugging 'tinies' in school because educators don't know how to deal with active children.

Do I have an answer? No! I wish I did! Turning to God and Jesus is the very best way I know of how to deal with this destructive epidemic. I pray for release of drug addicted people. I also thank God that none of my children has ever become addicted to drugs. One of them has smoked marijuana with friends but, as related to me -

"I knew how you felt about drugs, Mom and, when I smoked it, I felt bad so I went inside and opened the Bible [an unusual occurrence, actually]. The passage I opened to was 1 Corinthians 3:16-17. 'Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.' I got such a fright, Mom, that I told everyone that they had to leave and that we don't do drugs in this house." Thank You Lord!

DRUGGED

They

They call it drug abuse

Alcoholism

Opioid

Dope

Drug Addiction!

What do or want they to know

Of

Inadequacy?

Identity?

Or

Lack thereof?

The system always provides

Not only hard drugs

Household names too

Painkillers

Glue

It’s easy and it starts in youth

Growing up is hard to do

Emotions run riot

What is love?

What is care?

Smoking weed

Having a drink

Mainlining hash

Morphine

Heroin

Cocaine

Opium

Poppies are oh so good

The feeling is adequacy

Expression of subconscious illusion

Vision

Shape

Form

Identity!

So

They call it drug abuse

Alcoholism

Opioid

Dope

Drug Addiction!

The system always provides

Not only hard drugs

Household names too

Painkillers

Glue

 

My oak tree agrees that drugs are for mugs [Source: Own photograph]