Poem: Setting The Scene

Laying on the round
Looking so peaceful
The scene around you devastating
Flashing lights, sirens, blood
Everything is done for a reason
What reason is good enough for this?

Would you want to live again?
If there was an end like this
Would you be the victim?
Living in a new space
I’d be happy to take your place
Will you be happy now you lay so still?

 

What do you think?

-Esjae

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Poem: Changing Times

Chocolate, sweets and treats
Falling from the sky
The sound of children’s laughter
Right into the distance
This is how it used to be

Guns, knives and violence
From the hands of teenagers
The sound of victims screams
Right into the distance
This is what it’s turning to be

The time is changing
The sound is changing
The lives are ending

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