HAMMERED METAL POETRY

hard hit pieces of metal

bullet and fasten

the perfect tool

hand held weapon

finger on the trigger

an impulse so pure

hope follows near

a click of a tap complete the design

strikes metal on metal

never standing beside

fractured and battered

kill or stun

trigger for a hammer

holds the power

a weight in balance

slight twist of the wrist

a rush inside the stretch

rewards the protest

strikes down hard

a click of gears

free the rip of claws

destiny, must choose or stall

forever still walking the wall

pushing the hands that wind

life and chaos divine

Terry D'Arcy-Ryan

Author's Note

Skaters, graffiti artists, parque jumpers, urban ballerina’s, poet’s, hackers, and those souls “ that will not let it settle ”. Just inside the ranks of any of these groups you can feel the movement controlled or wild. Embrace the call to feel alive to understand how complex we are and how easily we can lead. Every system eventually breaks down. Anarchy is part of all systems it must come and go and allow us to live as amazing or as ordinary as we wish to live. As I believe it all comes down to this, our choices. This poetry is written with words that draw a strong imagery …. and the people grabbed their guns.
If a man decides that he wants to kill, despite the laws and his surroundings, he will kill. It is regardless how he kills however the instant gratification of things brings us back to the gun. We cannot change what is in a killers heart if he decides he is going to kill then he is going to kill. Society must stop being a slave to the means in which he chooses. He is a coward and his grand scheme very small.


Seize the day !!!

So, jump !!!

Never give in to terrorist !!!

Choose LIfe!!

“Skateboarding doesn’t make you a skateboarder. Not being able to stop skateboarding make you a skateboarder.”


Rock on !!!

Sheer Terror

Reviews

[Nipplegrinder]

Rich in metaphor, and yet starkly truthful. As always, ST, your words entice and satisfy.

[Pete]

powerful and thought-provoking. gripping title. good flow. great imagery. yes, life is precious but if someone wants to kill they will find a way. the right to bear arms is an awesome responsibility.

"Guns don't kill people, people kill people." Where there's a will, there's a way.

"Even trees do not die without a groan." - Thoreau

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Beautifully said Thank you

Sheer Terror

[Davidgeo]

Skate or die bro.

Guns don't kill people. Stupid and/or immoral people kill people.

What needs to change is the culture. Trying to legislate that change on a population with the history like America's will only cause more divisiveness and another black market (see: prohibition). Most gun violence does not come from law abiding citizens... that's just a fact. Why punish the wrong demographic? That's just lazy and superficial in my opinion.

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Skaters, graffiti artists, parque jumpers, urban ballerina’s, poet’s, hackers, and those souls “ that will not let it settle ”. Just inside the ranks of any of these groups you can feel the movement controlled or wild. Embrace the call to feel alive to understand how complex we are and how easily we can lead. Every system eventually breaks down. Anarchy is part of all systems it must come and go and allow us to live as amazing or as ordinary as we wish to live. As I believe it all comes down to this, our choices. This poetry is written with words that draw a strong imagery …. and the people grabbed their guns.
If a man decides that he wants to kill, despite the laws and his surroundings, he will kill. It is regardless how he kills however the instant gratification of things brings us back to the gun. We cannot change what is in a killers heart if he decides he is going to kill then he is going to kill. Society must stop being a slave to the means in which he chooses. He is a coward and his grand scheme very small.


Seize the day !!!

So, jump !!!

Never give in to terrorist !!!

Choose LIfe!!

“Skateboarding doesn’t make you a skateboarder. Not being able to stop skateboarding make you a skateboarder.”


Rock on !!!

Sheer Terror

[Paul Bell]

The glamour of the gun.
Till the death.
Then the reality and the sentence at the end.

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Seize the Day !!
Thank you

Sheer Terror

[Weeping willow]

Images flow into words as life can be taken away in a instant, nicely expressed piece ;-]

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Life should be lived and never taken before its time
thank you for the review

Sheer Terror

[Coyote Poetry]

Great photos and amazing words. kids are having fun. I pray they don't brake their necks. Thank you my friend for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

These are about life and living. Thank you for the review.

Sheer Terror

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend.

[wordman]

maybe one day it will all change

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Word Man, I thank you for your continued appreciation. You Rock!!

Sheer Terror

[sette]

how sad when i read this poem reminded me of those trigger happy shooting sprees which had killed innocent lives

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Sette, I like to use words that create a strong imagery. I would never entertain anything that involved a spree shooting. Only a coward shoots innocent unarmed people. I have been around firearms my entire life and I am ex military. So sometimes it emerges in my poetry. You cannot change what is in a man's heart. If he is determined to kill he will kill regardless of the gun. Thank for reading my work and leaving such wonderful reviews. God Bless

Sheer Terror