“Jake and The Vape” By Sentual S. : October 23rd, 2021

Once there was a young 25 year old man name Jake.

Jake loved to always bake, eat cakes, work in the yard with rakes, and lastly, he loved his vape.

Jake would vape 4-16 times a day and ignore all the caring warnings people had to say.

That vape been in his life for about 7 months at his young age or maybe just eight.

In the bathroom, in the restaurants, in the schools, in the sport’s practice, or even the outdoor pool, no matter where he went the vape was something he just had to take.

So from starting to vape from the Fall all the way to the Spring, he began to notice that his ears would randomly just ring.

“Jake still refused to stop using that beautiful snake made out of a Vape.”

Another month went past with him using that vape and on some days his hands or legs would impulsively shake.

Than, in the month of June he would tried to mow his grass and before he knew it he’ll fall on his ass, feeling like his lungs had earthquakes.

Even when he walked up and down the stairs at a normal pace, his heart would race like cop car chase.

“Jake still refused to stop using that beautiful snake made out of a Vape.”

Summer came by and his energy yet his motivation was completely down the drain.

Jake couldn’t remembered what he done the other day or even if it was sunny or if it rained.

The brain was toddled, life steadily became a puzzle, and his charming looks he once had, slowly popped like a bloated bathtub bubble.

August came by and he began to sadly not care anymore about all of life’s beauty he use to connect to.

“Jake still refused to stop using that beautiful snake made out of a Vape.”

As a few more months gone by all of those bad feelings and behaviors he developed never grew wings and fly.

So the Fall came along again on a average day and before he know it, this was the day the angels cried.

Driving home from a vape session he had over his college buddies house, he began to slob anonymously from the mouth.

Jake’s eyes rolled to the back of his head, his body began to shake, and before he could stop the car BAM! The car he was driving crashed into the back of a semi-truck heading South.

With having his first seizure on the wheel, the poor soul took a huge collision with a thousand pound truck.

The truck driver than stopped, hopped out of his truck, and checked on the car behind him.

Immediately, once seeing Jake’s condition the trucker called 911, and it lead to the ambulance rushing through trying to save the young man with severe broken limbs.

Jake was luckily revived on that night, from the works of surgery, and his body putting up a great fight.

Nearly feeling entirely paralyzed after coming back alive, Jake was in the hospital for a few weeks, and regret that he didn’t stop vaping before the fight of his life.

On crutches and other medications, Jake left the hospital on Thanksgiving day.

Learning his lesson that vaping and risking his life was never the best way.

Luckily, for the time being his mother let him stay under her wing until, he reached brighter days.

“Jake finally stopped using that beautiful snake made out of a Vape.”

Jake’s recovery gradually grew day by day but his experiences will always stand right beside him every single day.

*This isn’t a poem to shame vape users but a poem to help educate those who could learn something from it. Coming from a person who hasn’t vaped in nearly 2 years (my life has been so much better since I’ve stopped), I’m not perfect at all but I know we can always try our best to live a good life. Remember it’s never too late to quit, no matter what people say or think, if you want to stop vaping, it can happen. You just got to keep searching until you find that light.

©Sentual Strong