snow falling in city hate

[goodnitestar]

the snow is soon to blanket the corner block
and the street beyond my window,
its falling already through the sky with the silent emotion that makes mothers cry
opening wounds of the airs last accidental crash into my arms ive found empty
full of some aching desire untangible,
yet i know its so close to my heart beating like moments that ive found to sit here and unwind, the music playing on my mind,
seperating the tension
although im not calm, even though the world seems still, i know the wars raging
someones death is forced, and a child is being raped, and the old man that just past hasnt had a meal in weeks,
as the desiese of this kind soul persists
forcing questions from cold lips
and i wonder... why we were always told to look away...to walk by...keep our mouths shut....
smile and be a pretty girl
as the snow has finally stopped
for fear of landing on such a place
as this neighborhood, is still filled with sirens, drugs, hungry mouths, violence,
gripped with hate
cause before anyone could ask the questions, someone said, it was already to late....

 

[*Cosmic Mist*]

I don't know how i went past this before... i think that it's important to keep asking the questions anyway, even if there is no satisfactory answer. Life is not pretty the way people wan us to think it is, but we can't really do much to combat it on a grand scale. If you do everything in your power to make all around you better on an objective level, then you will already have made a lot of improvements...

i wonder... why we were always told to look away...to walk by...keep our mouths shut....
I ask myself this same question often. It's nice to know i'm not the only one.

 

[rm-rf]

This was good, have you ever heard the song "serial killer" by Vnv Nation? lyrics have the same feel.

 

[DnkHrb5]

I really liked this poem. Very powerful.