The Man is Calling

when life seems to be after you

A dark crow sits atop the telephone pole,
it sits and waits..
It’s coming for your’ soul.

Everything keeps on coming and coming,
day after day,
you never get a break.
It wont stop if you beg,
it wont stop if you ask.
It wont quit until your end.
Keep pushing and pushing.
Break your’ soul.
Break your’ back.
It’ll take every last dollar
that you work to bring,
it’ll give it all back just to rip it away.
It’ll take your woman,
make her fall for another man,
I tell you all,
no mortal here can understand!
The moon and the sun watch,
as your torn down
one wall at a time.
When the rain and the sun,
beat down on you at once,
you know it’s here for you.
Its taking you down,
there’s no fighting it.
Can’t pay it off,
can’t make it stop.
Can’t do what’s right,
it won’t leave till you step towards the light.
Gotta sit and take it all...
Have to wait till its had its fill,
and hope it wont return for more.
The dark one waits long for its kill.

A dark crow sits atop the telephone pole,
it sits and waits..
It’s coming for your’ soul.

Author's Note

usual.

Reviews

[Laura E. Aranda]

Hey.
This is the first piece that I have read by you. I entered your contest and just wanted to point out a quick thing. You do not need a '
after your..i noticed that in your title of the contest and in this poem as well....please don't be offended...I just wanted to let you know....thanks....cheers,lea

[Nely Amorim]

(shivers) Everytime I see a black crow near me I think it's death come-a calling, one day there was one landing just as i pulled into the parking bay in my building. I reversed and parked elsewhere..lol This poem struck a chord in me simply because of the image it brought to my memory and that (to me) is what is real about your poetry.. grammar be damned.

[Helen H. David]

Very good. I like the imagery. But still get pointblank's slingshot, okay. That crow sounds like he's real wicked.

[Pointblank]

Sounds like the life of a typical american. Yep tis true. Its how u cope with all the turmoil that measures a man. Very good, clear, honest write. Well done.
BY the Way, u can borrow my sling shot to shoot that sucker down.