Sounds To Sleep By
~ Sounds To Sleep By ~
A Poem by Debbie_Philly
Sounds To Sleep By
The sirens pierce through me like a sharpened dagger
something is smoldering in this small corner of my city
the neighborhood is dowsed in dark and treacherous acts
I sit on my bed wondering which direction they're coming from
should I duck from the window, will this be the night that a
stray bullet rips through my flesh like a hungry angry violent
virus.
The same virus that has claimed so many lives young and old
too many to count to this date, WHAT IS THIS ****!!!
I thought I was immune to the sounds. I hear them all the time
While I watch TV, when I eat , as I write, in my sleep……..
For some reason tonight is different tonight I feel it too
damned deep…. through my thick skin as it penetrates
my soul seeping through my lungs,stifling the fears I
can no longer express unable to scream.. STOP !!!
Tonight I feel it just too damned deep .
By : Deborah Mills Kelly ( Debbie Philly)
Revised Version... original written about 3 years ago :)
9/18/2011
Copyright © Debbie Mills-Kelly | Year Posted 2014
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