Life's Rhymeless Beat

by Lonely Rider   Aug 18, 2008


Life's Rhymeless Beat

Cold winter night under dusky sky
Lying in tatters, a deserted boy
Rags cover his shivering feet
Surviving life's rhymeless beat
Tallying coins he begged for today
A loaf of bread he'll get someway

Cold winter night under dusky sky
Far off echoed lonely cries
Plate from a little hand slipped
Black-blue scars were left by a whip
Cleans crockery one after another
Longing for warmth of a mother

Cold winter night under dusky sky
Painful screams resonate nearby
Lipstick smeared across her face
Surviving life's disgracful race
Another customer to enchant
Sold to a brothel by her aunt

Cold winter night under dusky sky
Life's brutal issues have no reply
Will they reach life's last mile?
Doesn't everyone deserve to smile?
Each morn a new story begins
of scarred soul and a lost grin.

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  • 15 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    This is such a heart breaking situation to see/read but it happens and there is no one to rescue to them. I like the way you have written this..touching.

  • 16 years ago

    by Ingrid

    There is so much pain in this poem...I know this world is a very grim place to people less fortunate than us in the western world.
    You portrayed their cluel fate in a superb way.

    Take care,

    5/5 Ingrid

  • 16 years ago

    by Christopher Wry

    All to true which it should not be in this age. Well done.

  • 16 years ago

    by gracey grey

    Somberly wonderful opening lines to a poem with a very strong message.........
    Life can be so cruel and the extend it drives people choose such sickly saddening path..... choices chosen without a choice really.....very sad. Last stanza is really touching....."Life's brutal issues" really remains unanswered........and life still goes on just for the sake of survival in conditions whether acceptable or not.

  • 16 years ago

    by Rachel RTVW

    What a heart wrenching piece. Eye opening and thought provoking. Excellent flow and well done telling this sad story. It is hard to believe travesties like this occur in the world.