Gangrene Grapevine Poem by John Sensele

Don't deny me your shoulders
When I'm weighed down by life's boulders
Fragmenting my fabric into particles
You can write into my ability articles

To make me whole again
If confidence you help me regain
As on my groggy feet I strive to arise
When with deference you manage a surprise

That instills in my soul new hope
Sliding my confidence on the sensible slope
To receive hope, to achieve hope and believe
More pain, sprain and strain you relieve

Enabling me to hold my head high
Fearing no more denigration and discrimination due to the lie
They told you anew, making you blue
On the gangrene grapevine queue.