Painkillers

I walked a mile in the summer sun for these Painkillers

I can't say they were my first addiction

but so far they were my best addiction

I needed more

at least once a week

though with some conviction

I made sure not to have it more than twice a week

It felt so good

because I was free from love

and you were free from your humanity

but to conflate a Person to a Painkillers

was clearly a mistake

because eventually,

you became something more

the painkillers wore off

and I realized Love

was the drug I'd been consuming all along