A Shot Rang Out

by Steve   Jan 20, 2006


A shot rang out
Officer down make haste

Tyres squealing
Sirens screaming

A man running in rain
A man laying in rain

A man fleeing
A man bleeding

One man hot sweating, terrified
One man cold sweating, terrified

One breathing fast, hard
One breathing slow, just

One heart pumping pumping faster faster
One heart pumping slower...slower...slower

One guilty life continues
One innocent life ceases

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  • 17 years ago

    by dollwithafrown

    I really enjoyed that. Two extremely opposite stories, yet so similar it's sometimes difficult to tell which is the "good" story or which is the "bad" story.

  • 18 years ago

    by Tink

    Wow! I dont know how to describe what I feel when i read this poem. But thats what poems are supposed to do.