Clipped

alc on Aug 28, 2009

Tags: children, death, drive by shooting, gang violence, Gangs, murder

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Playing in the streets can be deadly for children!

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Paying outside of my mom’s apartment,

This day was full of enjoyment.

Tomorrow we were going to listen to him preach,

Now my testimony is what he will teach.

This was my story and I was clipped,

By a bullet to the hip.

It was the day before I turned five,

The streets decided to take my life.

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raman13 on Aug 28, 2009
Great Stuff

Well Done

Interesting

Best Regards
Marie Milton on Aug 28, 2009
Oh ALC!!! this really shows a picture of how deadly it can be for our youngsters to be out in the streets.
Poetry is all about vision; you certainly achieve that : ))
Darla Cooke on Aug 28, 2009
Very sad.
willie wondka on Aug 28, 2009
very sad, but good poem.
orlandoJP on Aug 28, 2009
hey good poem
Tanya Wallace on Aug 28, 2009
Great poem,there is two sides to this and I am automatically asuming not life as in death but life as in childhood.Very creative and original as always!
Collette Edwards on Aug 29, 2009
very sad but this is a reality to some everyday, Thanks for sharing and i pray all stays safe
ScreamingHonesty on Aug 29, 2009
Awesome poem it totally draws me in and makes me feel like i’m the one being hit
STEVE666 on Aug 31, 2009
A reality of the mean streets—well put!
teddybear55 on Sep 1, 2009
WEll done. The streets can be deadly, all the more reason to keep our chilldren as safe as we can.
lakisha on Feb 25, 2010
im glad u shared this poem it means alot

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