66 Miles

Two half souls don’t make a wholeChasm between sanity and oblivionThe town has providers of pain reliefBut we hide in the trailer park in painChoose relief to numb the soulOr a pain that crushes the bodyAn ATV tumbled and ripped open his legHealthy truck driver turns disabledA bartending wife left her jobTo help her mate heal, but it costs.Trading hope and work for pain and fearDocs with scripts, dealers with treatsAll promising instant relief and blissThe docs lose licenses, dealers thriveT wo half souls don’t make a wholeChasm between sanity and oblivionThe town has providers of pain reliefBut we hide in the trailer park in painChoose relief to numb the soulOr a pain that crushes the bodyAn ATV tumbled and ripped open his legHealthy truck driver turns disabledA bartending wife left her jobTo help her mate heal, but it costs.Trading hope and work for pain and fearDocs with scripts, dealers with treatsAll promising instant relief and blissThe docs lose licenses, dealers thriveThe man grieves when the wife ODs,She lives, they run away from it all66 miles away from temptationClean sober life, again we will beginNot one misstep to be swept awayWe’ll go to town with all the willSay no to dealers near ATMsBag the groceries, bare necessitiesAny pain? No; Pain relief? No, NoSteal the eyes from old acquaintancesPick up naloxone, keep the opiates at bayQuick, in the car, shack, safe retreat66 miles is all the distance there isbetween the numbness and the pain 

 

This poem is about: 
My community
My country
Our world

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