Ode to Perpetrators of Violent Crime
Carrying a knife ain't no child's play
What I'm tryna say is
Don't mess with mortality
Stick to reality
This is serious, our future
A murder is not just another statistic
They coulda been creative, artistic
The way you reacted was dreary, drastic... sadistic
My words have a meaning
I hope you listen carefully
Turn your life around
Don't be so carefree
Stay on safer ground
You get nothing outta this
An abyss of disaster
Is this what you aspire to be?
A life of crime shouldn't be your ambition
A one-way street to prison
Do you do it because of pain? Has a loss arisen?
Is hurting others a game to you?
A way of getting what you desire?
A way to build your developing Hunger Games empire?
Change your knives for words
Appreciate the lives you've been given...
Comments (6)
13 Mar 2019
Beautiful slam poetry! What do you think the government/ local communities can do to discourage young people from carrying knives.
I wrote a post recently about this. Maybe you could check it out!
13 Mar 2019
This was great but i don" understand these 2 lines:
"A murder is not just another statistic
They coulda been creative, artistic"
The meaning of those two lines are fact that the victim is underrepresented and underestimated.
It also shows that they are more than just another dead person and that they had a life and a future. It is eternally saddening that the public sometimes overlook this - not just perpetrators of violent crime.
13 Mar 2019
I really liked this, Anonimous Per$un. It was very poemy.
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