Mike Gentile Poet Rhyme

Another Heroin Dancer

Another Heroin dancer
     On the street today
Dodging, weaving, tempting death
     Out of things to say
Interrupting traffic
     With nowhere to go
A senseless waste of human kind
     No seeds left to sow

Another Heroin dancer
     Crossed my path this way
Prompting pause to reconsider
     The price we have to pay
For being apathetic
     To those who are so lost
And finding means of helping
     The ones which life has tossed

For everyone among us
     Whose story is unknown
Can teach us, help us understand
     How hopelessness is grown
That no one is immune
    And judgment is no place
To start, to heal or contemplate
     A world all can embrace

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Heidi Sands January 4, 2018 at 8:17 AM Excellent poem Mike! Filled with such empathy and truth :) Happy Thursday! Mike Gentile January 4, 2018 at 8:50 AM Thanks Heidi, Happy Thursday to you!! I hope you are surviving the weather, it's brutal!! xxxoo

Jan Allison December 21, 2017 at 2:52 PM Such a hard hitting poem on the realities of this addictive drug. Powerfully penned poem Mike:-) hugs jan xx Mike Gentile December 21, 2017 at 3:24 PM thanks so much, Jan xxoo

Vijay Pandit December 21, 2017 at 12:21 PM Your poem depicts a sad truth with a powerful message--I like the way you ended it with hopeful words--well done, Mike. Mike Gentile December 21, 2017 at 2:14 PM Thank so much, Vijay!!!

Silent One December 21, 2017 at 11:47 AM A hard hitting poem about the harsh realities of such addictions.. You have expressed it very well in your own unique style... Mike Gentile December 21, 2017 at 2:14 PM Thanks Silent One, I always appreciate your kind comments !!!! not sure what my style is but if I am developing one, that's good

Judith S December 21, 2017 at 11:07 AM Wow Mike! What a great poem!!! All drugs, but heroin especially, are a tragic epidemic. And I love how you bring to light here that they shouldn't be judged. Their stories are important and we need to start listening. So many are being lost to this nightmare and your poem is a compassionate look that needs deeper consideration by society as a whole. ~ Judy Mike Gentile December 21, 2017 at 11:43 AM Thanks so much, Judy!!!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart December 21, 2017 at 10:13 AM Wonderful pen. A fave. Bless :) xomo! Mike Gentile December 21, 2017 at 11:42 AM Thanks so much Maureen xxoo