ok so this is my second contest!

the first place poem in this contest is......

Little Soldiers
By: Twisted Heart

Dirty hands, dirty faces
Hiding in dirty places
With guns and knives
They take their stand
To kill their foes
On their Gang Land.

Who dared to breech the sacred creed
Who passed the lines of gangster greed
Now head to head
And toe to toe
They wait for night
As vengeance grows.

Dirty hands, dirty faces
Hiding in dirty places
Their ages younger
Each passing year
The innocence lost
Inside their fear.

As anger rises from the minds
Of those who witnessed such a crime
Just passing through
The boundries drawn
But lines were crossed
A right was wronged.

Dirty hands, dirty faces
Hiding in dirty places
The masses set
Their guns to right
And wipe the sweat
From frightened eyes.

Shots are fired in the night
The clashing of the steel of knives
The cries of pain
As blood is drawn
Running feet...
Then silence dawns.

Dirty hands, dirty faces
No longer hide in dirty places
For not a breath
Is left to pray
As little soldiers
Go to their graves.

i felt as if this poem is fvery emotion packed and full of imagery, a great job to you twisted heart, the 2nd 3rd and honorable metions will be posted soon thatnk you and

twisted heart i need you to private message me the links to your poems you would like me to rrc and welcome to my favorites, great job to all entrants you all did well and i want you all to know judging was hard i had to get help to pick, thank you

nessa

the second place poem in this contest is....
by: fading memories
Stained Tears, Stained Scars

She went to school with a sad little face
She was so glad to get away from that place
That place that nobody could understand
Where she was treated like a gain or sand
Tears were stained on her sad little face
Stained scars took her heart's place
Nobody noticed the pain that was there
She didn't tell 'cause no one would care
The bell rang
School had ended
When she heard it, her heart was bended
She tried to stay there for as long as she can
And then she met a sad little man
He looked so tired
And so scared
He knew the girl would actually care
Both spilled their hearts out
About their life
She told him she was cut with a knife
He said that his mommy took away his life
The girl was puzzled by this reponse
As he cleaned her face with a bloodstained cloth
The night had fallen
He left her alone
So she had no choice but to go back home
The morning came and it was half past seven
She never went to school to see the boy
Instead her soul flied to her gorgeous heaven
And she met the boy there
Soon the world forgot the little girl
Who's tears were stained on her sad little face
And stained scars took her heart's place

this poem made me cry, i like the message you put into this poem and i like all the emotion that is in it to, such a great write, it was a hard deciesion between first and second, please pm me the links to the poems you want me to rrc for you and welcome to my favorites also,
nessa

the third place poem is.....

No Pain in a Final Breath
by Broken Spirits and Nightmares

Another dark corner
in another dark room,
he sits all alone
awaiting his doom.

His friends are gone
like the pain he feels,
Waiting for his final breath
and his fate to be sealed.

The blade no longer cuts
the pills no longer heal,
the noose no longer chokes
reality is no longer real.

Everything he knew
was all just a lie,
a set-up reality show
to force his goodbye.

And as he slowly fell
no one spared a glance,
they watched him fall further
into an irreversible trance.

Living a monotomous life
with no lifelines left,
he sat in his corner
awaiting his final breath.

(C)2007 Bryce Dressler

i felt the emotion in the poem and i can relate to this poem whole heartedly, great job to every one now let me go about picking just one hm,
nessa