See Josh

see josh
see josh run
see josh fall
see josh stunned

watch as he tends his knee
listen to his pleas
he did it that "one more time"
mother isn't pleased

they're taking his cracked up body
stinking with the scent of weed
watch josh curse and hit and not see
that his mother swears and kicks and weeps

she asks what did i do wrong
why is my flesh and blood
doing these drugs and drinking that vodka
as vomit and blood come out in floods

she reads these ads from truth
and the usa government
but then she says where were they
when my son was spent

"you'll never get a high like your first
but you can die trying"
josh always thought
that those stupid ads were lying

See Josh laid in a body bag
See Josh as he screams no this can't be
see Josh as he looks through eyes that can't see
see Josh no longer free

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