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I don’t know how to talk about drug use without sounding cliché
I don’t know when the time is
or where to find the place
I was high when my dad called
“just calling to hear your voice,
love you, miss you
hope everything is okay”
Dad always wanted
for me to be good
When I was fifteen
my friends and I
would smoke weed
and steal candy
from royal farms
It wasn’t good
but it was love
We loved each other
so much
On saint patricks day
a boy stuck a hand
up my floral,
green,
skirt
and ruined
everything
I still want
to be good for dad
but being good for dad
doesn’t get me high
and waking up sober
feels like
lying on
march 18th’s
dewy grass
all over again.
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About the Creator
Maisie Rapp
NYC/Baltimore based poetry and nonfiction writer.
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