Remember me?

Excuse me please. Sorry. Just let me by. I'm an addict, just looking for my next fix. If you know where I could find it, would you let me know? Thanks. It's within reach, actually. If I really needed it I could stretch out my arm and grab it. But I'm trying to quit. It's not working very well. Only grace keeps me going. Don't stare at me like that. Please look away. Hey, I know you! Remember me? What happened here? It's not my fault. Okay, it is. Partially. I didn't have to give in the first time. But you drove me to it. Relentlessly. It's your fault too. You could have done something. What's that? You didn't know? Of course you didn't. I hid it well, at first. But you did realize something was wrong, you just didn't do anything about it. That's a lie. The things you did do, you shouldn't have done. It's the things you should've done that you didn't do. Funny that we run into each other now, all this time later. See what I've become? A broken, filthy, hurting, addict. Quit staring at me. Oh, you want me to stop telling you this. What's the matter, feeling guilty? That's a first. It's a surprise you feel anything, really. Are you embarrassed? All dressed up with all your fancy friends, on your way somewhere important and here I am, dirty, bumping into you and soiling your precious look. Your friends are all surprised that you would know someone like me, even deign to glance at my face. I forgot, your important now. Remember what we used to be? Remember your past? Remember what life was like back then? Different from now, wasn't it. Way different. Our places could have been so easily switched. But you got lucky and I got hurt. It's funny, running into you like this. I have new talents now. New things to boast about, and none of them include a big house or a fast car or a lot of money. Rather, a big record and a fast body and a lot of needles. Surprised? You shouldn't be. You set me on this course. What have we become? What are you going to do about it? Are you going to continue on your way with your comfortable life and forget about the person in the alley or are you going to change the world?