Author: Bengt Nyman
Image: Accepted and Not Ostracized (here)
hibiscus and just as beautiful
poppy a flower revered but sadly
on the wrong side of the law
society regretted for making it
symbolic of the heroics of soldiers
fallen in battle before the scourge
of the drug scene became a menace
its derivative the heroin instilled
society regretted for making it
symbolic of the heroics of soldiers
fallen in battle before the scourge
of the drug scene became a menace
its derivative the heroin instilled
fear on friend and adversary alike
those deaden unto skeletal frames
those deaden unto skeletal frames
to eventually fade away after
clawing ruefully back for a few fix
only the few chosen made it back
successful only after a struggle in rehab
the great many others fail to make it
a futile attempt of no-return an affront
the great many others fail to make it
a futile attempt of no-return an affront
to the human race in its bid to elicit
some dignity still left for those forever
wanting for their daily fix instead
wanting for their daily fix instead
and they chose to remain irrelevant
Rosemary at P&SU's Friday Writings #30:
Indeed, it is sad that this beautiful flower can be so misused. It is the source of various narcotics, including morphine which is used for medical purposes. I do believe that plants from which drugs are derived were put on the earth as medicines, only we humans get that wrong as we do so many things.
ReplyDeleteI never thought about the connection between the poppy honoring soldiers and the drug problem. That is an interesting juxtaposition
ReplyDeleteThe sadness a person must feel to slip away in drugs.
ReplyDeleteI like the good/bad position of the beautiful poppy. Last year, my nephew's good friend, with wife and two children, overdosed.
ReplyDeleteThis week, his wife did the same. What a horror for those children.