smoke

[PuristLove]

Huddled in the corner like a broken rag doll, his knees pulled up to his chest. The tattered jacket that he wore barely kept the wind out, and the hood pulled over his head kept slipping into his eyes. It was really damn cold outside.
His finger rolled over the top of the lighter and produced only sparks. Frustration. A few more tries resulted in a satisfying flame.
As the smoke filled his lungs he was no longer in pain. His craving had been sated, and for a brief second he experienced bliss.
The cold world around him became real again. His fingers were numb and the winter wind kept blowing in his face, stinging his eyes.
Others shivered out there as well. They looked at each other and nodded, recognizing the mutual pain they were experiencing. But that was the extent of their communication, they were too damned miserable to attempt conversation.
He recognized, of course, that his habit was the source of his suffering, yet he stubbornly clung to it.
It was his right to do to his body as he wished wasn't it? Of course they claimed that he was harming others. But try as he might, he could not see how it harmed anyone besides himself. Long ago he had decided
that the pleasures of the drug outweighed the harm it did him.
Apparently he had lost the right to make that decision.
He sighed, ground out the butt of his cigarette, and rose to go back to
work inside.
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[cherub]

honestly it was good but i was lost i mean i can take this serval ways,, it was insightful on different levels

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[PuristLove]

It was meant on a lot of different levels. I played with adding to it, in order to clarify but realized that much of the pieces strength was in the very crypticness that made it confusing.
Glad you liked it
Love,
Pure
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[hardraverNYC]

I agree pure,
By making it open ended and ambiguous, we all draw different things from it. Make it our own, sorta speak. It is here, when writing is open to such wide interpretation, that it is truely art. Thanks for sharing it.
hardraver
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we want to see in the
world" --Gandi

 

[bc]

excellently put.
i can identify, and i agree.
bravo.
bc
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