Heroin(e)

STACY ST. HILAIRE

Credit: Hush Naidoo

Credit: Hush Naidoo

 
 

Heroin(e)

The shero who saves the day

Or 

Cheap addictive drug that takes lives away

Same thing really

It's pure semantics

Heroine, heroin

You thought she could take you higher

Make you feel alive 

You thought a little poison won't kill you

So you took in her poison

But now you're addicted 

You need it every day

And it felt so good you didn't notice she was taking you down

You didn't care

So you went down too

You took in more

Before you knew it you were stuck

You almost couldn't be fixed 

You needed that fix

Heroin(e) had you caught up

You thought she could save you

Give you that feeling

She was the apple of your eye

The beauty to your beholder

She led you to the tree 

She told you to eat the truth

As her pet snake watched

You loved the luxury 

The opulence

The adrenaline 

Kicking in when you indulged further 

Even as life is kicking you out and Eden's further and further 

You say she deceived you but you won't leave her

She said the truth's in you

It was your inner destruction that led you

To Heroin(e)

Did you need saving?

Did you want it?

It's your life

Pick your poison