A young life is taken
The headlines explain
A family in anguish
The pain will remain
Questions unanswered
How will they cope?
Their dreams for his future
Gone up in smoke
Top achieving student
His reports all say
Worked hard at college
To gain his grades
Anyone who knew him
All said the same
He avoided trouble
By walking away
The police enquiries
Came to and end
They arrested the culprits
Finally detained
At the sentencing
The story unfolds
A theft of his mobile
The jury are told
Ten years in prison
For each of the men
Will they learn their lesson
Or do it again?
The headlines explain
A family in anguish
The pain will remain
Questions unanswered
How will they cope?
Their dreams for his future
Gone up in smoke
Top achieving student
His reports all say
Worked hard at college
To gain his grades
Anyone who knew him
All said the same
He avoided trouble
By walking away
The police enquiries
Came to and end
They arrested the culprits
Finally detained
At the sentencing
The story unfolds
A theft of his mobile
The jury are told
Ten years in prison
For each of the men
Will they learn their lesson
Or do it again?
4 comments:
with the recent ongoings and what we see on the news and read in the papers this poem strikes me as so realistic. I really think it speaks volumes.
Val from Spain says, your poem sadly reflects life and values as they are today. I hope more people read this poem and tell others about it. Well done.
Just FYI, your poems would be easier to read if they were not in ALL CAPS.
Thanks for your feed back "gonebefore" I had been planning to make a few small alterations to my blog which you will see that I have now done.
Thanks again
Stacey
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