by Yankee4youSt. Albans, Vermont, USA
Aug 2012 772 Views 6 comments
A Broken Ladder
Cautiously I walk night hours on mean street
Pitbull stretched on chains waiting to attack
Courthouse stands behind reinforced concrete
Reminders of life we want to take back
Sirens erupt and shatter peaceful night
Screeching tires lay down rubber's foolish grin
An old lady pulls down her shades in fright
Lonely souls wait for darkness to begin
Loud are idle youth that travel in packs
Pretend to be brave and laughing out loud
Carelessly roaming and crossing wrong tracks
A fight breaks out inside a huddled crowd
Ends to vulgarity is violence
When jobless youth are loosing innocence
Pitbull stretched on chains waiting to attack
Courthouse stands behind reinforced concrete
Reminders of life we want to take back
Sirens erupt and shatter peaceful night
Screeching tires lay down rubber's foolish grin
An old lady pulls down her shades in fright
Lonely souls wait for darkness to begin
Loud are idle youth that travel in packs
Pretend to be brave and laughing out loud
Carelessly roaming and crossing wrong tracks
A fight breaks out inside a huddled crowd
Ends to vulgarity is violence
When jobless youth are loosing innocence
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Posted: Aug 2012
About this poem:
In this sonnet reflects a commentary of our timeswhen society sows seeds for destruction by a collective failure of its leadership to allow ways for "all its members" to climb up the social-economic ladder.
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Comments (6)
It almost has an errie vampire feel to it..
Humanity has made progress in so many ways; and, yet, innocence does seem lost, as witnessed by the starkly honest eyes of the poet's sonnet. Cautiously I walk night hours on mean street replacing a healthy Main Street is clear evidence that we are dealing with A Broken Ladder.