This is a National Library of Poetry poem that I won, and they entered it into a book posted in the book named, The Path Not Taken. The name of this poem is “Crack House.” They also made a cassette tape of it.
Crack House
A crack house is absolutely insane,
Because in a crack house they do anything.
A crack house is where everything is inhumane,
But the folks of a crack house act like it ain’t no thing.
A crack house is where venereal disease and AIDS is real,
But the folks of a crack house can’t wait to get another thrill.
You would think they knew they were getting killed,
But that is how crack truly makes you feel.
Now you know why crack is such a big deal.
It makes you feel thrilled although you’re getting killed.
Some folks may say common sense and logic should take place.
But how could they know if they’d never been a part of the rat race?
But when common sense, logic, and rational thinking set in,
A smoker realize he has lost his best friend,
And worst of all, his next of kin.
That’s when serious smoking kicks back in.
But what the world truly need to know,
That a smoker is only looking for a way to God’s front door.
We all know that crack does kill.
Just look at all the crack birth rates and all its ills.
Did you truly think that jails and prisons could knock crack down?
The world is finding out that crack get up round after round.
It seems like everybody’s fighting crack in their own way,
Trying to keep their self, children, and relatives at bay.
So what is the solution for crack today?
Jails and prisons surely ain’t the way.
With government and private funding in rehab homes,
They still don’t know that spending of money is absolutely wrong.
But when the crack house syndrome hits your child or home,
You think to yourself, “Where did I go wrong?”
Then your mind will say, “What can I do?”
You should change our laws with God added in them, this day.
It’s been proven in Earth and life history,
God laws is what humans sway and obey.
These commentaries are recorded by Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio.
