River of Blood
crimson pain pours out of his broken side
this time though the bullet anger tore deep
in his eyes life flashes a show in slide
only in this film actors play to keep
his mom a memory mixed with hunger
never again was there love thereafter
his father a picture of a stranger
now love’s a stranger, revenge his master
smileless faces find him dying in pain
frowns paint their view of his broken body
in the tide of eyes his face rang no name
just a gangster they said, just nobody
prisoner of neglect in anger and pain
rage left a veil of pain, and red stain
updated July 2016
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