requiem

that person
they knew
that would
seek only
to destroy

the one
that ran
through life
heedlessly
has begun
to die

dont know
what it was
years of therapy
or the drugs
mabye heartache
just straight pain
in the faces of those
who loved her
as they watched her
fail again

she's gone away now
dont know where
or when
i only figured this out
standing in front
of a shelf
in a gas station
full of death
drugs and
rock n' roll
the things that
used to make me
who i am
and i turned away.