Sugarcoated Medicine

Sugarcoated medicine,

Just as hard to swallow,

For while the taste is not as sour,

The tang is bitter still.

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Gulped down with loads of water,

Difficult to toss it down,

The pill is jagged, rough and ragged,

Nothing can drown it out.

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“Take your remedy so you get better”

A restless voice chant in my ear,

A little white pill will make it all better,

The pain will vanish… literally disappear.

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Dependence anew will take its place

A comfort blanket to pull you through

For what could possible drown the blues

Quite like a sugarcoated pill or two?

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© Sherine Meshad, 25 February 2007

Which one are you

Which are you, man or shadow??

Ever varying reflections of light,

Dark casted images, always trailing behind

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Which are you, genuine or surreal??

A lie in actuality, manifestation of truth

Reality a refracted image, scattered on mirrory grooves

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Which are you, victim or aggressor??

A bullet, the most effective conqueror of youth

War, the only means of establishing your roots

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Which are you, pragmatist or dreamer?

A world with mortal wounds, in need of tender mending

Left alone too long, loses its essence of immortality.
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© Sherine Meshad, July 7th2006