Poised I stand

At the edge

Wind blowing through my hair

I relax and close my eyes

I see myself letting go

I fall forward off the cliff

To soar over trees

not falling,

I fly

finally free

An Eagle floats beside me

Our spirits joined in flight

He asks me how I like

Soaring so high

We go to a beautiful place

hills, flowers, trees

live with animals

free

perfection?

freedom?

 rushing waterfalls

sun hits water

reflections

of color shoot out

over nearby fields

grass takes colors

shining

perfect

my brother looks at me

“Next is the part that will haunt you”

He takes me to his home

a tear in his eye

looking down I see

truth

I wish he never shared

It is dark and gray

air makes me cough

looking down I can’t see far

thick and foggy air

force me to swoop down to see

high rising tombs

machines killing trees

Animals running

No food, only fear,

they are murdered by cars

shot for sport

a desire to be studly

small children play nearby

a smile; maybe it’s not all bad

car goes flying by

BOOM!!!!

Another child hits the ground

Red liquid flowing

down the street

staining the pavement

I shed a tear

look at the Eagle

begging

Not to watch anymore

I must see, says he

leads me to a park

Where small kids play

one is grabbed

dragged off

We follow,

They take her

to the woods

She crys

no one cares

beaten,  raped

she is abadoned

leaving they run

Laughing and high fiving

I am sick

Wanting  to help

I am stopped

He takes me to schools

Kids smoke drugs

sex in the closets

one brings a gun

kills many others

we go to church

Everyone judging

another

gossip and lies

at Church??

Kids hurt each other

with words

we go to work

to government buildings

Corruption everywhere

To make sure things go the

Right way

For them

innocent people jailed

again I beg him to stop

I can’t take anymore

one more stop

he says

showing me war

young men,

handsome men

pretty young girls

in uniforms with guns

march towards each other

angrily

shouting, shooting, stabbing.

Killing without care

falling one by one

tsunamis’ of blood

Mr. Eagle says okay

you’ve seen enough

Go!!!

make the world better

Show God’s love

I’m too small

I say

I can’t reach them all

He says I can try

To reach at least one

© 2006  sissy8813 
 - Poets.com

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Positive Feedback       Wow!! The best I've read so far.  The imagery is so very effective and deep.  I was stunned to say the least.  This poem stopped me in my tracks.   This is one of the best poems I've ever read. 

Negative Feedback     Too moving. too touching, to effective and haunting

April 08, 2009 8:38 PM

Positive Feedback:

Vivid imagery of what our world is like. Thanks for sharing.

Sky

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