You act like I know nothing about it, but I know enough.
I know what it has done to you, I know what it's done to us.
You're no longer a real person, more like a puppet on a string.
Every single move you make is controlled by methamphetamine.
I just can't seem to help you, can't break you away.
I've tried to cut the strings so you could walk away.
But without this attachment, your so-called support,
Your body goes limp and collapses to the floor.
I can't lift you up, you fall right back down.
Your body is like dead weight on the ground.
I wish I could pull you to safety so you could be free.
It's so hard to watch you be a puppet on a string.
I'm figuring out that I can't do this anymore.
You have to let me go, I need to walk out the door.
I've been in entrapment, under lock and key
With your love that's pushed me to insanity.
Step aside, you must let me through.
My heart's taken enough abuse.
You have become someone I don't want to know.
There's no other choice; I really have to go.
You can make it okay because you can always pretend
Whatever you want when the strings lift you back up again.
You attempt to burn the past away
While everything you loved melts away.
Your new life has taken what was once my place.
Tomorrow you can't always fix your mistakes.
You have a million reasons, always an excuse.
And most of all it's precious time that you abuse.
Poem To My Meth Addict Husband
My husband died 4 years ago today - 11/11/17. His death cert. stated Methamphetamine Cardio Myopathy. It also states a secondary reason: Methamphetamine use. The drug he said wouldn’t kill...
Puppet On A String
Published by Family Friend Poems February 2009 with permission of the author.
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My heart goes out to you. Did you leave? Has anything changed? I first found out my husband was on meth in October of 2017, and from there it's been a downhill battle! I left him for 9 months, thinking he would change and get better and be back. He never did, and I ended up going back to him. Well since I've come back, I realize he is worse. He now hears voices and is determined they're real. He is NOT the same person. He tried to kill himself last Monday night, and he's still in the hospital. He was on life support for 4 days! I don't know how much more I can take. They are turning him away from getting help through the hospital because he has no insurance. He needs help!