Emile Pinet Poet Quatrain

Dreams Erode

The young and naive question their fate;
expecting love, unprepared for hate.
Armored with lies, defending the truth,
a warrior lives: inside each youth.

Scars and tattoos display anger's mark:
insipid badges; oft crude and stark.
When pain morphs into panic and fear:
Hope vanishes, replaced by a tear.

Memories store what feelings impart
deep within a troubled teenage heart.
A ramshackle look drains one of pride:
frightened inside, unable to hide.

Bodies of friends ingested by Night:
traced in chalk, by a city of light.
Surviving the streets, your dreams erode:
as nightmares travel that lonely road.

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Line Gauthier May 13, 2018 at 10:03 AM Wow! Emile Pinet May 13, 2018 at 11:09 AM Thanks so much Line, your visits are always appreciated. Emile.

Kp Nunez October 29, 2015 at 6:33 AM Masterful as always, Emile. You writes of late delve on the less poetic aspects of society but with your touch, the words become powerful writes. hugs! Emile Pinet October 29, 2015 at 7:58 AM Thanks so much Kim, I appreciate your encouragement and support. Emile.

Harry Horsman October 28, 2015 at 11:54 AM A poem that had to be written, it truly shows one aspect of life today,,excellent pen, Emile Emile Pinet October 28, 2015 at 12:28 PM Thanks Harry, I appreciate your support. Emile.

Jill Spagnola October 28, 2015 at 11:42 AM Emile, your heartfelt empathetic write makes me weep inside,,:), jill Emile Pinet October 28, 2015 at 12:29 PM Thanks Jill, I appreciate your encouragement and support. Emile.