HEROIN<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You thief of dreams<\/p>\n
steal with your tricks of illusion<\/p>\n
giving one dream<\/p>\n
at the price of another<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Your hunger grows<\/p>\n
with the blood<\/p>\n
of my veins<\/p>\n
Yet I no longer<\/p>\n
grow full<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
No pain<\/p>\n
no sorrow<\/p>\n
on the path to nowhere<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Blood-tainted ceilings<\/p>\n
match worn edges<\/p>\n
no promises before me<\/p>\n
I sacrifice all<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I dream in the bathroom<\/p>\n
next to the altar<\/p>\n
where I kneel to pray.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
ADDICT<\/p>\n
BY TERRIE WELLS<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
you bet<\/p>\n
on your mortality<\/p>\n
you think you are bullet proof<\/p>\n
yet<\/p>\n
one day<\/p>\n
life will take you<\/p>\n
by the hand<\/p>\n
and make you bleed<\/p>\n
without ever<\/p>\n
drawing a weapon<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
BUSH TUCKER<\/p>\n
BY TERRIE WELLS<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You left me more<\/p>\n
Than food for thought<\/p>\n
when you filled my plate.<\/p>\n
You, who dared to defy my fear<\/p>\n
saw my armor<\/p>\n
as thin skin<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You would not allow me the key<\/p>\n
to the door<\/p>\n
I always slammed behind<\/p>\n
giving me no reason<\/p>\n
to keep the lock<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You who reflected me<\/p>\n
without my shadow<\/p>\n
gave me a candid look<\/p>\n
at myself<\/p>\n
and the more tears<\/p>\n
I wiped away<\/p>\n
the clearer I became.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u2022 Terrie Wells was born and raised in Ketchikan, where she returned two years ago. \u201cThe message is always hope,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThe opening door is hopelessness. It is temporary. Hope is not.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u2022 To submit to Writers\u2019 Weir, email your poetry, fiction or creative nonfiction to managing editor Mary Catharine Martin at maryc.martin@capweek.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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