Dodging bullets

You can certainly tell

it's summer in the city

The wannabe's and the gangs

are walking the streets

standing on the corners

stopping up traffic

as the cars pass by

Wearing their colors

and their handkerchiefs

Running like a pack

of restless thieves

Toting their guns

and their knives

All the good people

in their houses they hide

too scared to sit on their own front porch

or take a walk to the corner store

to buy a bottle of pop

or pack of cigarettes

parents too afraid

or to let their little children

go out to play in their own backyard

it's such a rotten shame

to get caught up in this game

So you know what

I'm ready to dodge the bullets

And sit out on my front porch

I might even walk to the store

I might get shot in the back

Or some fool might cut me

with his pocketknife

I don't give a damn anymore

Because I'm not afraid to die

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[[untitled]]

Well, I did it again...came back to one that I have already read. I guess that I am meant to figure out my library and place your work there.

[shadadakiya]

wow thats awsome write so true sad but true i feel the same way you do bring it on im going to walk if i want to and take that chance they will not kee from being me

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

debilaeh, unfortunately for so many this is the sad truth.
I like the way you wrote this .. a subject matter that we should NOT
have to write about .. but this is our world.
I like this verse .. it says no matter what you are not giving in to these
people:

So you know what

I'm ready to dodge the bullets

And sit out on my front porch

I might even walk to the store

I might get shot in the back

Or some fool might cut me

with his pocketknife

I don't give a damn anymore

Because I'm not afraid to die


Well done .. and good to see you!

Chloe
xoxo

[[untitled]]

This is pretty damned intense. It is very realistic as though you know precisely of what you speak. The bit of rhyming gives it added strength. I like the music of this piece.

[WritefromtheHeart]

Living in fear is no way to live..I love your spunk debileah!! ;-)

[Ralphy]

I love the way you think. I always like the way you manage to keep the poem neat, orderly and flowing. Nice write