Darren J Mcmurray Poet Free verse

Their Souls Departed

She walks the streets
Of dim lit lights
The heart broken homeless woman
Lady of the night.
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   The world was yours
Gold and pearls, a platinum life
Married to a silver spoon
You were once a rich mans wife.
.
   Your husband befriends the spirit king
A storm of abuse and alcohol rain
Now you run to spare your life
The only hope is to escape the pain.
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   State to state with blackened heart
Into the night is where you sleep
Within the darkness led astray
Where lonesome lives and gutters weep.
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   To your new home
No key no door
Emptiness squared
Of paper board.
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   He walks in silence all alone
Seeking out divinity
Mile upon mile on worn out shoes
Through the streets of un-lit trees.
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   Contrition holds his broken heart
Bound to earth by saddened love
His soul was taken within a glance
He is now the lonesome dove.
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   Once a father, a husband, 
A man
A wonderful life
Of dreams and plans.
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   Until that night in the car together
Unknownst the evil seed
A green light passed and through a yellow
The devil in drunken speed.
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   A wreck to fell the family tree
Within the night of silence brings
A horrid vision imprinted the mind
Of a soulless man with broken wings.
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    Even while life continues to shine
    There comes a girl of only nine
    Abandoned, alone to hope adored
    Mommy is gone to be a whore.
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    This child walks in huddled arms
    Frightened to be where evil charms
    She finds a box to crawl inside
    Alone to live, alone to cry.
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    While tears fall down upon her face
    A sound has startled her in her place
    Unbeknownst the box with broken tape
    This nine year old girl will now be rapped.
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   Now as I sit
In the comforts of home
I knew none of these people
Or the streets they called home.
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   I lived like most, in ignorance
To those poor and suffering lives
Never once did I adjust
A thought or even an eye.
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  Yet on the set the news I stare
Police lights shine in heavy glare
Those unknown people, those broken hearted
Lie still in the night, their souls departed.

     BY: DARREN J McMURRAY
     Placid Poet

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Vince Suzadail Jr. September 16, 2008 at 1:45 PM We find it easier to bury our heads and pretend. God knows what kind of lives they had and we sit in comfort and complain. Good write. Vince

Michael Jordan September 13, 2008 at 4:21 PM Darren this poem is amazing - You sure told the fate of many people - I know many homeless drug addicts because I used to cook Methamphetamine - Their fate always ate at me and still does though I now live my life in service of the Lord - My wife and I help out the homeless shelter where we used to be during those dark times - God Bless you and your heart