Pre And Post Pandemic Poetry

MaryJane

*tw mentions of drug use and depression

Mind racing
Heart pounding
Uncertainty decimating
Bounding

A prisoner.
I feel it
These shackles
Imaginary
No less weighted

There's no cure
No rescue
For these kinds of queries
I need help
Aid to numb my worries

Here you are
MaryJane
With your long leafy tresses
Your scent,
Divine
Wrapped in green dresses

I'm floating now
Maryjane
Thanks to you
I'm laughing
Playing games now
I'm bluffing

You took away
Full nights of pain
Oh darling,
sultry as you are
Smooth

Your edges are jagged
Yet you patch me up
when I'm left ragged.

You're beautiful
Maryjane
I'm left speechless
when you're in my lungs.
I crave you
I love the taste you leave on my tongue

You're sexy
Maryjane
Never bargaining
You call my name
I love to hold you
Consume you

You take away
Moments of breath
Fill the space
And clear regret

I pray your
Giggle inducing
Toxic haze
Can navigate me
through this maze

Each turn I make
Each step not taken
Will me forward
Lead me blindly till I waken

Just for a moment,
Maybe two
Like a crutch
Let me depend
Soley on you.

Then perhaps
I'll get some sleep
So I may dream
and start again.