Hugs & Kisses

Hugs from fathers
Kisses from friends
May not make
The bitterness end

They may not heal the hurt and pain,
I try to restrain from
Running thru my taumatized brain

But for a moment
Those hugs and kisses
Pull me from the place I hide

They cover
With love
The loneliness
That makes me want to die

Those moments
Have a shelf life
Radiating the cancer
Of the soul
They permeate my blood stream
Breaking me
While making me whole

So to Fathers that hug and
Friendship kisses
Given in Love
Hold onto hope
Even if I return to the drug

Love me!
If even if junkies
One day roll me in a rug
Dump my body
Like a cigarette flicked
From the fingers of a thug

If my outcome is good
Or if it is terribly sad
I will always remember
Kisses from friends
And hugs from Dads