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Worse is better

A beautiful woman was killed today,
Raped and murdered in a horrible way.

A thirteen year old kid has just tried meth,
In a month it controls him, he will soon meet death.

A man robs a liquor store with a stolen gun,
On the way out he shoots the clerk just for fun.

Drug deal goes wrong in front of the school,
Now three children lay in a dark, spreading pool.

The politicians make another dirty deal,
Causing repercussions generations will feel.

A woman kills her husband for the insurance check,
Her three children's lives are now a wreck.

In a society ruled by evil, greed and crime,
These things always happen time after time.

Every year seems worse than the one before,
Destruction and diversity are setting the score.

 

Still I believe it will get better someday, somehow,

And maybe worse is what's better for now.

 

For it's always darkest just before the dawn,

Perhaps from the ashes a better world will spawn.

Please tell me what you think

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  • darkyinsoul
    April 1
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    Wow you have a way with words. Excellence.


  • Bedroom Eyes
    March 17

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    It's a crying shame when what would be considered "dark poetry" is actually truth. It is indeed dark right now...let us all hope & pray that dawn is coming soon...

    Very nice work poet!!

    Greg


  • paullallady silver member
    March 17

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    You took us all to the dark side of life, that has become normal (sorry to say). You didn't just describe that side, you wallowed in it, completely enveloped in it. But then you show us hope, and this hope was even brighter considering where you were coming from. very good job on this one. I really enjoyed the contrast. great job!


  • the-gifted
    March 17

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    WOW!!!!

    I totally agree. It is getting worse but no one is gonna do a thing about it. It is just like all the school shootings. That is one reason I am dreading college. I don't feel safe enough to go. I love the poem. I can feel the emotion in it.

  • You know what my thoughts are on this already.. absolutly amazing.. u make me wanna put my pen down with ur writes >.< ya jerk xP

    well this is very different from most of ur other works from being completely down and there no being an up side and in this one.. what is this... a flip at the end to say the end will get better ^_^

    truely amazing and u know u are so dont play like ur not lol lovers you^^^^^^


  • Gabrielle28
    March 17

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    Amazing. You did a terrific job on this world and what is seen. A better world I think is only in our hopes and dreams I'm affraid. Great work!

  • Awesome poem. Cutting straight to the truth. I love when u do that! Very dark, very telling, top notch stuff!


  • allheart
    March 17

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    A confronting piece of writing. I think so much devastation happens in the world that we have almost become immune to it. This provokes the reader to analyse the world in which we live and their own impact on it. We can only hold on to the hope you present at the end. A great write, well done :-)

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