Goodbye My Sister: Helplessly I Watch

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by Hinata9865

by Hinata9865

Helplessly I watch

You say you're fine
As you struggle to fight
Against yourself
And the desires of life.

You claim to know
What you're doing is right
As logic and reason
Now escape your sight.

They say you're an addict
But you state their wrong
You say it's nothing
As Death sings his song.

You consume liquids
Long since forbade
Slowly dying
Digging your own grave.

As I watch here crying
I try to understand
Why you relinquish
Your life to Death's hand

Helpless I listen
To warnings and tales
Of the many acts
Where darkness prevails.

What draws you
To that liquid poison
Fed to you by
Those false kinsmen?

What is so joyous
Of those time stealing powders
That render you helpless
To those men for hours?

You say they own you,
That you cannot escape.
You say they need you,
Yet they abuse you in hate.

Helplessly I watch
And I see time fly
Hoping, praying
That you will not die.

Tears stain your cheeks
From the unsaid pain,
Loss of weight engraved
In your already small frame.

I know there's no clarity yet
And that the haze fills your brain,
Yet you refuse our help
All the same.

You came to us
Pleading for aid
Yet that small car
Took you away

I want to understand
And maybe someday
What caused this decision
Amongst the confusion today.

I hope you know
I love you a lot
I'm here for you
In case you forgot

I know your memory
Was fried by those drugs
And I always wish
We could return to how it once was.

You are my sister
My flesh and my blood
I pray that this blister
Will heal with this flood.

Helplessly I watch
As you gather your things
Remembering everything
Said that life brings.

You've been told there's no hope
If you choose not to listen
You've been told it's too late
And now it will only worsen.

I have prayed for a miracle
But that's all I can do
It's all up to God now
So I surrender you.

Helplessly I watch
Helplessly I pray
For I only hope
That we'll meet again someday.

Goodbye my sister.