Short Story About Ignorance

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I never thought I’d end up like this But you know what they say, ignorance is bliss. I remember the first time, saying that won’t be me But it’s not something you do once, methamphetamine. In no time the monster had me in it’s hold Doing anything & everything that I was told. I became a distorted image of myself But deep down somewhere inside screamed a little girl for help I couldn’t hear her through the walls of smoke And on the burnt remainders of my life I started to choke Months went by as I listened to my mother cry Night after night afraid I might die While I sat locked in my room, spun out of my mind Not eating or sleeping for days at a time. Losing myself each day a little more than the last Haunted by ghosts of an unwanted past Of