Why?

Why do you do it?
What pushes you so?
I've told you often the dangers,
But still you seem not to know.

You sit and contemplate,
And I ask myself what you ponder,
You wince as the needle breaks your skin,
And the liquid tears your mind asunder.

You have so much to lose,
And there is so much you can give,
Your logic, your mind, are beyond compare,
Why would you risk losing all this?

I can't figure out your actions,
Can't find any sense in this ludicrousy,
You subject yourself to this torture,
And the destructive effects are easy to see.

Your energy deserts you,
Your body sags and falls,
I hate watching you like this,
Despise the drugs increasing tolls.

And yet you seem so willing,
To pay what is exacted,
I don't understand your willingness,
To repeat these devastating actions.

I know you see my disapproval,
And at times you feel it too,
You detest the weakness of human nature,
And strain at the grasp it has on you.

And yet, inevitably, your struggle ends
As always, with you failing,
And I sit and watch, as yet again,
The cocaine lures you in.