Curtis Johnson Poet Verse

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

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