I dedicate this piece to a dear friend who could have been anything but instead
granted drugs the permission to rule his world. Mad love, R.T.
The beauty of drugs
I can give you  the high that you yearn for everyday
I can give you the illusions of a brighter way
I am drugs, and I am beautiful
I can give you the strength if you are weak
I can provide you with the escape you seek
 I am drugs, and I am beautiful
I can make your knees weak and your head spin
I can give you pleasure, make you  feel that you will win
 I am drugs, and I am beautiful
I can make your fantasies come true
I can make you achieve anything you want to
 I am drugs, and I am beautiful
I can take away your friends, but only the ones that really care
I can leave you hung over, puking on the floor, beaten and bare
 I am drugs, and I am beautiful
I can make your parents disown you, but all they did was raise you
I take away from you your values, morals, and all that you believed to be true
 I am drugs, and I am beautiful
I can bring you the hell of a never ending day
I can take away your looks, but you thought you were ugly anyway
 I am drugs, and I am beautiful
I can make that smooth hair become greasy, stringy, and a rat's nest
I can take away any skill, you'll never be first or the best
 I am drugs, and I am beautiful
I can make you disrespect all that you hold dear
I can take your world, and make you victim to fear
 I am drugs, and I am beautiful
I can change your point of view, from everyone you will want to hide
I can make you horrified at yourself, you will want to stay inside
 I am drugs, and I am beautiful
I can curl you into a little ball, needle points your only thought
I can throw you into a system where you will be sold and bought
 I am drugs, and I am beautiful
I can do whatever I want as long as you allow me to
I will affect you negatively, going against all you have fought to do
 I am drugs, and I am beautiful
I will ruin your existence, crush your world, but you granted me permission
And then I will move on, from your dead corpse, I will receive no further commission
 I am drugs and YOU WERE beautiful
       bjw
        1/27/99
 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
2. Memorize your favorite poem.
3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
4. When you say, "I love you", mean it.
5. When you say, "I'm sorry", look the person in the eye.
6. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
7. Believe in love at first sight.
8. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
9. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to love life completely.
10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
11. Don't judge people by their relatives.
12. Talk slowly but think quickly.
13. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
14. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
15. Call your mom and dad.
16. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
17. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
18. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.
19. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
20. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
21. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
22. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
23. Spend some time alone.
24. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
25. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
26. Read more books and watch less TV.
27. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll get to enjoy it a second time.
28. Trust in God but lock your car.
29. A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.
30. In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
31. Read between the lines.
32. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
33. Be gentle with the earth.
34. Pray. There's immeasurable power in it.
35. Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
36. Mind your own business.
37. Don't trust a man/woman who doesn't close his/her eyes when you kiss.
38. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
39. If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth's greatest satisfaction.
40. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.
41. Learn the rules then break some.
42. Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
43. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
44. Remember that your character is your destiny.

Subject: A Box Full of Kisses
We often learn the most from our children.
The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper.  Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box.  Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."  He was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty.
He yelled at her, "Don’t you know that when you give someone a present, there’s supposed to be something inside it?"  The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Daddy it is not empty.  I blew kisses into the box.  All for you, Daddy."  The father was crushed.  He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.  It is told that the man kept that gold box by his bed for years and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.  In a very real sense, each of us as parents has been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children.  There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.


 



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