Saaxiib Qurux Badan

[He] told me the pain that he felt when he was a kid
About the way that his father sits strong at the table
But never said a single word to him

My friend’s in danger now
Think my friend’s in danger now

It’s all a bad, bad, bad dream
Sometimes a bad, bad, bad dream
Could wake a good man from his sleep at night

My friend’s in danger now
’Cause my friend’s in danger now

My friend’s in danger now

– From Fantastic Negrito’s song, “Dark Windows”
(from the 2018 album, Please Don’t Be Dead)

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Something to Think About
• Daniel Hochman on What Causes Addiction
• Compassion as the Key to Healing an Addicted Loved One
• With Sunset Reflections and Jet Trail
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – April 16, 2019
• In This In-Between Time . . .
• Saaxiib Qurux Badan – March 29, 2019
• “Wholeness Is Never Lost, It Is Only Forgotten”
• Let Today Be the Day

Image: Saaxiib Qurux Badan (“Beautiful Friend”), Minneapolis, MN – Michael J. Bayly (6/15/19).