HIS DEMONS
In the end,
his demons came
to reclaim
his soul.
He never knew me
and
I only knew him
through his words.
But I admired his
seemingly easy ability
to bare his soul,
his vulnerabilities,
his needs,
his desires,
his lusts,
for the exotic,
the unique.
To dare
to take himself
to the edge
and beyond.
He said of himself
“I conquered my addiction
to heroin.”
Through a massive exercise
of will.
But he traded one
addiction for another,
it is said.
From heroin
to heroines.
And in the end,
by self murder,
his demons
came to claim
his soul.
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