Isolated here in the city
Is a refuge for those who ask
Desperate young men sharing
Tales of helpless insanity
Where secrets are stuffed
And spirits have withered away
Smoking cigarettes in covered
Passages outside their rooms
A brotherhood for survival forms
Caring hands reach out
To help one another
Face this painful reality
So long ignored while high
Coming together
Touching broken lives with
Encouragement and hope of mending
In this safe hiding place
Our home for now.
Buddie Bertrand
Durango
