6 To 8-Melody of Sadness

In so few years, he had helped many lives In so little time, his family and his world caved in He was a husband, father of four, and mentor to me He had a measure of fame on the streets, and in the church He wrote a book about the sad saga of drug addiction in Chicago* Success, just over the horizon, was his payment for all the sacrifices But a sinful secret was revealed as he dreamed and uttered his passion A dear friend heard it and confronted him; His walls quickly fell, and I cried 10242017 PS Contest, 6 To 8-Melody Of Sadness, Nette Onclaud *1973 Book title, White Black Man