I sit here
In the shadow
Of the skyline
And I sit here
As the city
Cries
No longer a place
To walk or live
Choking
On the fumes
As the new day
Slave ships
Drive by
Overrun by
Corruption
Murder
And hate
We have only us
To blame for this
Fate
We stand by
Dying from paycheck
To paycheck
Minimum wage
Maximum rage
Profits soar
Lopsided score
Absentee fathers fast
On the children
Of the past
Finish first
Or finish last
Finish last
Finish last

And I sit here
On this bench
Remembering a time
When some of us
Cared
Awakened by
The knowledge
That surrender
Can abolish
Freedom’s swell
And we gave up
Long ago...
Turning this place over
To the misguided
Youth of today
Who spend their
Time trying to get
A piece of the bling
Promised by mtv
And the false heroes
Fashioned by
An entire generation
That feels a sense
Of entitlement
So many lives hang
In the balance
Swaying in the breeze
Created by a government
Turning its head
While the blades
Of corporations
Spin out of control
Fanning the flames
Of gime, gime, gime
Too much is never enough

And I sit here
In the twilight of
My existence
And I cry for the city
Cry for the crackheads
The homeless
The whores
The grandmothers who
Shake in fear
As they crawl out of bed
Hitting the floor
Under a hailstorm of bullets
Aimed indiscriminately
But intended to do
Just
One
Thing...

Kill

And for what?
Some numbers on
A street sign
The color of a hat?
The shade of one’s skin?
I sit here
As the sun starts setting
I sit here
And say goodnight
To the city
Hoping
It simply wakes up
In time to
Survive

Wow!A very powerful write & so maddeningly true my friend.

Wow Wow Wow Wow Wow!!! Awesome write KC just awesome!

yes, maddening it is...


t/y cy....

thank you ms m
i appreciate your comments...

AWESOME!!!



"I have a dream!"








I have a dream
where people
are empowered
where cities are safe
and gone
are the cowards
free to be
all they can dream

Yo kc003, I do remember a time when "life" used to be different, when the goals were so far removed from what they are today. Maybe it's just a phase in our evolution,maybe this is the real end...who knows.

Flow and style, ryhme and reason....great write

I hear babies cry...... I watch them grow
Theyll learn much more.....than Ill never know
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world

i dont know?
it is difficult for me to see this
and equate it with any form of evolution.

thank you for posting...

Very powerful write my friend and unfortunately true. All it takes for a change is the single voice of unity. Well done.

simple beautiful.....love the images you captured!!!

thank you faded one...yes one voice...

thank you and welcome to the site...

Yes, very nicely done!

Wouldn't it be great if the power of the words could change an action, a direction, a few minds, and who knows???? BRAVO, my friend.

Brillant write {{{KC}}}

thank you my fkw...

wouldn't it?

just ranting huh?
hate to see if you had a passion for it