Danetta Barney Poet Free verse

Death Comes Easy

death comes easy
to a finger on a trigger
hiding behind a soul
with no conscience 

a thief with nothing of his own to steal,
bloody hands and empty heart,
he runs to evade death 
he runs to evade justice and retaliation
he runs to evade fate
that hunts him down 
eventually. He
smiles at the TV screen, eating supper,
hearing another senseless loss, washes 
his food down with a gulp of cold beer,
kisses his gun. Satan’s slave, 
living in darkness filled with hate and rage.
With no hope for his future he steals
futures and dreams. 

death comes easy
to his finger on a trigger
hiding behind a soul 
with no conscience

Aims
Fires
Takes away life

Aims
Fires
Runs to preserve his own

failing to realize, 
without a future
he is already 
dead.

death comes easy
to a finger on a trigger
hiding behind a soul 
with no conscience

.....STOP THE VIOLENCE! .....

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Sara Kendrick December 29, 2015 at 1:25 PM Enjoyed reading your work written about a topic that is in the news everyday in large cities around the USA..Sad that Satan has so much control over some people..Very expressive way of telling the story..Thanks for the visit to my page..I have some heart problems but I am doing better or so it seems(we never really know)..I have a hole in my heart that I have had since birth but did not know that I had until a couple of years ago when they found a tumor in the wall and I went to get more test Sara Kendrick December 29, 2015 at 1:32 PM and the hole in that same wall was found when I had that transesophageal echocardiogram. I was having arrhythmia which was just about get to me..The arrhythmia is better now and I am glad for that..I still have fatigue and shortness of breath but God has granted me a few more years of life..Sara Danetta Barney December 29, 2015 at 1:31 PM Sara, God is a healer. It doesn't matter how long you have had the condition, God can restore it to wholeness, completel. I am believing that for you. And, keep writing. Your poems are wonderful.