You are fifteen.
You say you are grown.
You can do as you please.
At your friend's house
you are tempted.
Tempted with a cigarette.
Your choice is to try it.
You want to be cool.
You take it; you light it.
The first puff burns,
but do not admit it
to your friends.
The next puff is better.
The third puff you inhale,
deeper than the others.
A slight cough,
but feeling good.
It makes you a little high.
When you finish,
you ask for another.
The next one is different.
You do not get
the same sensation.
This time you feel sick.
You want to throw up.
You throw up.
Your friends laugh.
You go home,
looking green.
You swear off cigarettes,
forever.
Photo: Pixabay - Artist: alessandra_ceja19
Howdy y’all. It’s me, ninong7 aka UJ aka John. Just a short intro about myself. I am a Texan that has retired in the Philippines. I moved to the Philippines with my wife back in May 2010. I am retired from the US Air Force. The music I like is mostly Classic Country and Classic Rock. I guess you could say that I am “Classic”. I play dominoes when I can find someone that will play, I play chess, cribbage, spades, hearts, Empire Builder, Rail Baron, Acquire and a few other games. I like to write poems and stories (although pretty novice) and I love learning about history, just about any history. I’m at home on my computer a lot but if I could afford to, I’d be traveling and documenting my travels to post in my blog. I hope to get to know a lot of you through PeakD and Discord.