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