Tears barely formed

by Lenny   Mar 26, 2006


Slamming breaks,
Pistons scream,
Beloved car heads,
To the stream,
Window wipers,
Duck and Arc,
And dead engines,
Refuse to start,
Screams emit,
Doors are jammed,
Cars plow on,
Bodies rammed,
Suffocation,
Lack of air,
Breathing fast,
In traipse fear,
Beating, beating,
At the doors,
Wailing child,
Trapped,
On the floor,
So young, so new,
Deserving? No,
Potentials there,
To love and grow,
Life is crumpled,
In such short space,
Forever captured,
On the face,
Tears barely formed,
Or comprehend,
As bodies slam on,
To meet their end,
Life just taken,
Inches from grasp,
No desperate fingers,
Left to clasp,
And all that remains,
Is blood and glass,
Some poor strangers,
Short straw task,
All those years,
They took to form,
And now theyre gone,
Blood stain, and scorn,
Crimson corpses,
And trusted skies,
Soon shall be one,
As justice dies. . .

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  • 18 years ago

    by Drew Gold

    I liked it and the strong images employed.. very rough - like a car accident - but there's a lot more going on behind that as well.. the beginning really sets you up and pulls you in.. a few times the flow seemed to break up, but that might just have been the way i was reading it;

    As breath quickens,

    that seems to be what i stumble on at first, but i dunn0.. i loved the build-up you've worked in and

    Wailing child,
    Trapped,
    On the floor,
    So young, so new,
    Deserving? No,

    that part's probably my favorite.. anyway.. i liked the ending a lot, but the syntax of the last line is weird.. as you have it - they shall be the stench, soon.. and that's not really accurate.. i see why you worded it like that, to maintain flow, but im sure you can arrive at the same ending with different words..

  • 18 years ago

    by Ike Dizzle

    I liked it. 5/5.
    -Vino

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