Not nations

Sometimes poverty unites not nations but merely two people// Intoxicants when overused break families as waves break on the shore// Their drug now becomes their love// And you are equivalent to nothing in their perceived reality// It either makes the users surrounding guests mature profound strong souls As strong as the Pedi army stood against the British and Boer to protect their land// Or it causes them to transfer to their own twisted but illusionistic universe where all they see is darkness and despondency// And then one day// The money begins to run out and so do the people// But rarely, oh so rarely some humans make the decision to stay and continue the journey// Where the road may potentially split into two// recovery or relapse// Sometimes poverty unites not nations but merely two people// The money has begun to exhale into the earths atmosphere just as a stoner exhales his poisonous vapour into our airspace// Some stay behind to help the corrupt mortal// No money equals no substances// No cocaine or cat or cannabis or crack or codeine// No drugs// Then// Two beings begin to ignite each other's fires they learn the things they didn't know for the what felt like a million and seventy years// They begin to discover how the one mispronounces words and how certain songs cause ones soul to sway as the bass drops or how ones hair whirls as the wind rushes through it or how he can see the depths of the her soul through the eyes and when she stares at the moon her beauty is illuminated by the magical glow// And then one day// The money starts returning// Creepily and discretely the evil money the tragedious money// Like an evil monster emerging from hell Where its dark and dirty// The money blows out the fire they have ignited and slowly lures the user back// The bond is now broken// Sometimes poverty unites not nations but merely two people//

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