" How do you get that hooked? "

How do you get that hooked?
It was just another story written on page six
There with the other Death Notices
It said he was only 38 years young
That when his Mom found him
He was face down on the bedroom floor
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There'll be services In a day or two, at the Shelby Funeral Home.
Then Tracy will be laid to rest somewhere in Kentucky.
How do you get that hooked?
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How do you hurt that bad?
To make you Use Heroin?
Did you think that was a life?
If only you would have called me!
Perhaps I could have helped you?
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Was It better than the life you had?
What made you feel so empty?
When did the pills stop working for you?
When you started using Heroin?
You let it all go.
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How do you get that hooked?
And nobody know?
Me, your girlfriend, I didn't even know
What was going on with you?
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I gave you all the love I had
You came by my house rain or snow.
Then one day you didn't show?
You lost your battle with drugs ?
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I was the only one that "didn't know"
Heroin doesn't show.
Did your Mom forget to say I love you Tracy?
Didn't any one see the writing on the wall?
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I'm not blaming' anybody,
We all do the best we can
I know hindsight's 20/20
But I still don't understand?
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It was just another story
It was written on page six
With the other Death Notices
How do you get that hooked?
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Samantha Marlow©
January 18, 2013