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A Death Sentence

a death sentence (meth),

so many forms of it i know 
yet same effect when it takes hold,
robbing young soul's blind
taking away their chance of life,

one little hit is all they need
to become weak for it's disease,
i see it daily and yet they don't care
just pass it out like it's food,

one after another fall to the ground
lost within it's evil hold,
struggle each day but can't let it go
out the door on the hunt they roam,

til they gain enough funds to get high
within months it begins to shine,
leaving little marks behind
on the face, arms and legs,,

smoke it, snort it and shoot it too
doesn't make a difference how it's used,
just a death sentence with in a few months
as your body begins to shut down,

one high, just one more hit you claim
then it's all i'll forever need,
as your mind drifts away into another place
your heart beat slowly quits the race,

your eyes float around lost in a world of make believe
your family and friends try to help you out,
but you soon learn to block them out of life
as you steal, beg and borrow for the next high,

some even trade their body to get a fix
such a small price that you'll pay,
for a minute of feeling different inside
from some thing that is killing you each passing day,,,

still you can't see past the moment of time
that your stuck within telling everyone your fine,
as they look at you slowly slipping away
they reach out to do their best to save you,

but again and again you find away to escape
just to go on the hunt for the disease,
meth, ice, smack and even crack,
makes no difference any more to you,

because life isn't normal with out the feeling of death
knocking on your souls door,
one hit, then another and then shooting it up
because it's all that gives you freedom,,,,,,

nothing in this world is worth dying
yet you keep fighting to be who your not,
as another day begins you seeking it out
one hit, one shot, one more minute to snort,,,,,

a year of endless abuse finally comes and goes
late last night i got that call,
the one i knew was to come along the way
because you couldn't escape,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Copyright © Noel Potter | Year Posted 2019



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A Cell of Hell

WITH THESE WORDS I TYPE TO YOU
I HOPE IT SINKS IN AND HELPS YOU
FIND THE THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT
SOME THING, JUST ANYTHING 

THAT WILL HELP YOU FIND THE LIGHT
THAT LEADS YOU TO A SUCCESSFUL LIFE
SO YOU CAN LEAVE THIS ONE YOU LIVE NOW
FAR BEHIND 

I KNOW YOU THINK WHAT I SAY IS WRONG
AND I HAVE NO BUSINESS  TELLING YOU ANYTHING
BUT YOU FAIL TO REMEMBER, I WALKED THAT ROAD
AND I AM JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU MISS THE LONELINESS

MISS THAT LIFE OF EMPTINESS AND MISERY
ONE THAT LEADS TO NO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO
A LIFE FILLED WITH CONSTANT PAIN AND ANGER
ONE YOU WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER

EVERY MORNING WHEN YOU LOOK IN A MIRROR
IT'LL BE THERE TO ALWAYS REMIND YOU
THAT THE PATH YOU FOLLOW IS WRONG 
AND HONESTLY YOU'LL NEVER  FIT IN AND BELONG

TO ANY THING BUT THE STEP'S YOU JUST LEFT BEHIND
THE DAY YOU STEPPED BACK INTO SOCIETY
PEOPLE SOME TIMES SAY THINGS ABOUT WHO YOU ARE
AND WHAT YOU HAVE BECOME AND WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN

NEVER  UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO
EVEN IF YOU STRUGGLE TO BE BETTER
IT'LL BE RIGHT THERE AS A CONSTANT REMINDER
A NUMBER OF SHAME REPLACES YOUR NAME

TAKING SOME THING THAT YOU CAN NEVER GET BACK
ROBBING YOU OF MANY CHANCES TO BE SOME BODY
SO WITH THESE WORDS I ASK OF YOU
IS THIS REALLY THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE

WAKE UP EACH DAY TO NOTHING
SPEND ENDLESS HOURS  BEING LONELY
WONDERING WHY YOU CAN'T WALK OUT SIDE
TO SEE THE BIRDS FLY AND LEAVES BLOW

CAUSE YOUR IN A PLACE OF STEEL AND STONE
ALWAYS WANTING TO GO BACK IN TIME
TO CHANGE THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE  BEEN DONE
INSTEAD OF  BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO

BY SOME ONE YOUNGER THAN YOU
DOING ALL YOU CAN TO FOLLOW THE RULES 
SO YOU CAN WAKE UP TOMORROW  TO GO HOME
BUT ALWAYS FAILING LIFES TEST

ASK YOURSELF, IS THIS THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE
SPEND DAY AFTER DAY IN A CELL OF HELL
WONDERING HOW YOU SLIPPED UP AND FELL
INTO THIS WORLD FILLED WITH STEEL.......

Copyright © Noel Potter | Year Posted 2012

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Declared Worthless,

I'm not a criminal 
    I've got a problem with alcohol, 
    a murder was committed 
    and I took the fall....... 

    Blacked out and dont remember 
    the events of the night before, 
    but coming to in a pair of cuffs 
    and the slamming of a cell door... 

    The judge read off the charge 
    that led to my arrest, 
    He shook his head and said 
   Son, you have failed at lifes big test.... 

   A unanimous decision of guilty 
   thats whay the juror read, 
   a tear spilled down my  face 
   as I realized what was said.... 

   I was sentenced to death 
   by lethal ejection, 
   they said I was a cause 
   of societies infection..... 

   My last few hours alive 
   spent with my family brokened hearted, 
   knowing it wouldn't be much longer 
   before I'd be departed..... 

   After my family was led away 
   I was strapped to the gurney, 
   the facts weren't even presented 
   cause I sold out by my attorney,,,,, 

   Once wheeled into the chamber 
   they opened the blue curtian, 
   and all the faces I seen 
   had looks that were un-certian...... 

   After the poison was injected 
   my body started to convusle, 
   and fifteen minutes later 
   my body had no pulse..... 

   As the preacher stood over me 
   he said, Lord, what a mess, 
   He should have been given a chance 
   instead of being declared worthless......

Copyright © Noel Potter | Year Posted 2012

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Facebook

face book: a place were friends gather
facebook: to catch up on the old days
face book: were some just come to play games
face book: a place to destroy anothers life

face book: a story waiting to unfold
face book: relationship getting out of control
face book : a place filled with head games
face book: a place to chat and flirt

face book: a place to meet new folks
face book: a place that offers nothing at all
face book:a place you can make another smile
face book: a place trying to knock myspace out

face book: a place that has a million souls
face book: a place were every one is smart
face book: a place were nothing goes cold
face book: a place that rips loved ones apart

face book: a place to unite
face book: a place to spread gossip
face book: a place that takes you around the world
face book: a place that cost nothing to use

face book: a place that steals life away
face book: a place were people play jokes
face book: a place to share a secret note
face book: a place that every body knows

face book: a nightmare on hold
face book: a place were there is a million post
face book: a place that i no longer go
face book:a place that has grown old

face book: is just face book
face book: not a place to end a freindship
face book: not a place to have a family problem shown
face book: a land filled with endless torture

face book: not some thing i want my children on
face book:to have their lives ruined
face book: not some thing that matters
face book: some call it home or their fave

Copyright © Noel Potter | Year Posted 2012

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These Words I Write a Poets Life

I SPEND HOURS OF MY DAY
WRITING ANOTHER STORY TO SHARE
NOT  A NOVEL OF ANY KIND
JUST DESCRIBING IT THROUGH A RHYME

SOME TIMES THE WORDS COME EASY
OTHER DAYS I FEEL SO EMPTY
THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES
BEING A POET,

ALL THROUGH LIFE YOU SEEK TO FIND
THE RIGHT WORDS TO DESCRIBE
WHAT YOU PAINT IN A PICTURE
TO SHARE WITH OTHERS

HELPING A STRANGER KNOW WHO I AM
I WRITE FROM DEEP DOWN
EXPRESSING FEELINGS I CAN'T SPEAK
THROUGH THIS INK

IT SENDS A MESSAGE WITH LOTS OF  MEANING
THIS THING I ENCOUNTERED YESTERDAY
I DIDN'T THINK I COULD EVER WRITE
SOME THING LIKE THIS IN LIFE

STRUGGLE YET THE WORDS FLOW
COMING FROM DEEP WITH IN MY SOUL
HOPING WHAT I SHARE WILL HELP
ANOTHER LIKE MYSELF

TO GROW AND CHANGE
ALL THESE THINGS  DONE WRONG
I CAN'T JUST ERASE ANY OF IT YOU KNOW
THATS WHY I WRITE THESE POEMS

SHOWING FIRENDS ANF FAMILY AND STRANGERS TOO
THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU CREATE FOR OTHERS TO READ
IT'LL ALWAYS BE A PART OF HISTORY
SOME THING THAT CAN'T BE REPLACED

ONCE IT'S CREATED IT FOREVER STANDS
IN THE WORLD WE KNOW
HIDDEN AWAY IN A POEM
DEEP INSIDE A MIND I DON'T KNOW

SOME TIMES I STRESS MY PAIN AND ANGER
IN THE WORDS I WRITE
OTHER TIMES I SEND JOY THROUGH THE PICTURES I PAINT
WITH THESE WORDS FROM DEEP WITH IN......

Copyright © Noel Potter | Year Posted 2012



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I Constantly Pay

WAKING TO A NEW WORLD OF CHANGE
AND HAVING TO ACCEPT IT AS IT COMES
IS ONE OF THE SCARIEST THINGS I HAVE DONE
SINCE THE DAY  I WAS BORN

ONE DAY I AM ACTIVE AND STRONG
THE NEXT I AM SOME THING I HAVE NOT KNOWN
EVEN THOUGH I HAVE SEEN THIS LIFE BEFORE
WHEN I WAS STILL YOUNG

IT LEAVES ME FEELING SCARED AND ALONE
NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE  I AM AROUND
IT TAKES SOME THING FROM ME
AND I HATE THIS DISEASE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME

ANOTHER CHALLENGE I KNOW
A TRIAL IN LIFE I HAVE TO GET BY
WITH OUT FALLING TO THE GROUND IN DEFEAT
I STAND AND FIGHT WHAT HURTS WITH IN ME

IT'S HARD FOR SOME TO UNDERSTAND 
AND THEY FEAR TO BE AROUND ME
AND THAT IS OKAY WITH ME
FOR I AM SCARED AS WELL YOU SEE

I HAVE NO CHOICE OF WHAT I AM TODAY
IT'S SOME THING THAT IS MEANT TO BE
AND THIS I UNDERSTAND IN MANY WAYS
IT'S A PART OF THE LIFE I WAS GIVEN YESTERDAY

FROM ALL THE YEARS OF ABUSE
OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS
DOING THINGS I SHOULD HAVE REFRAINED FROM
WHILE I WAS STILL YOUNG

I DIS-OBEYED MY DAD AND MOM
BROKE THE RULES OF SOCIETY
COMMITTED CRIMES FOR FUN
AND EVEN SPENT ELEVEN MONTHS ON THE RUN

TO ONLY LEARN THERE IS NO ESCAPE
CAUSE SOONER OR LATER YOU'LL PAY
AND TODAY I CONSTANTLY PAY A PRICE
FOR HOW I WAS YESTERDAY

Copyright © Noel Potter | Year Posted 2012


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