Too Afraid to Cry by Ali Cobby Eckermann
Author:Ali Cobby Eckermann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liveright
Published: 2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00
Heroin
in the arms
of another man
he finds her
in his arms
the jealous man
he binds her
in his arms
the woman
sheds no tear
in his arms
bruised woman
shows no fear
in their arms
they survive
a modern world.
Forty Six
It was a shock to realise that I was homesick. I couldn’t believe it. I never thought that I, of all people, would ever get homesick. Heroin had a lot to do with it. Heroin came along and wrecked the party. Some of my friends changed. Some of my friends left. One of our friends even died. I was scared of heroin because I knew that if I used it I would get addicted. I didn’t ever want to stick that first needle into my arm.
So I decided to leave. I rang home. Mum was very upset, but she was not upset at me. My foster brother had been seriously injured in an accident and was in intensive care. Mum and Dad insisted on paying for the ticket. When I got home, they insisted that I visit him with them. They warned me how smashed up his body was. He had been in a coma for weeks.
As I walked into the hospital room he gave a feeble thumbs-up sign. The nurses got excited and said stupid things. They said I must be very special to him. I was afraid of feeling sorry for him; I didn’t want to forgive him for not looking after me when I was too young to protect myself. I didn’t stay long. I walked the corridors to the exit and waited in the car for Mum and Dad to finish their visit.
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