Stray Bullet

                                                

 

Click click… Cocked and loaded

Bang bang… traces of gunpowder voices

Is all that is left inside your head.

 

With no bullet proof vest

Innocent memories become… Victims

 

DOA or life support

Doesn’t really matter

Cause even with survival

Means changing your name…

 

To protect yourself from what you seen,

Going from bystander

To the only witness.

 

All it took was one stray bullet

To change your name.

 

Reviews

[Norma J. Jessee]

Such a sobering thought. Isn't it strange that things that were meant to protect and help us are the very things that can that can take our life away. I love the fact that you have brought out how an inoccent bystander can become a victim simply by being in the wrong spot at the right time.

I love the simplicity of the poem that takes us on a complicated journey.You have said so much in a few words. Something very hard to do, yet you have done so.

A very beautifully written poem with a sobering thought.
I love it. as I love all your work.

[Colleen C Dunphy]

Wow, I feel like you just stepped inside my neighborhood where I grew up and pull this out of me.
Great write.

[Angelic Darkness]

I really liked this poem...and a short story all in one.
You've captured it all nicely. AD

[T]

It can be a scary world out there. Being at the wrong place at the wrong time and in an instant your life can change forever ... wonderfully written ...

[Janice Ann]

I loved this! Lord do we ever realize just how harmful we can be...? The second two line stanza was fantastic! I always enjoy reading your work Dale! Rock on man! Rock on!

Janice Ann

[Seriana]

Wow Dale, such a poignant little piece you have here! I don't really know what to say, you said it to perfectly. Nice job!

[Silent Kim aka mizmetap..]

Bang bang� traces of gunpowder voices
Is all that is left inside your head.

nice lines, gunpowder voices, is tha the sound of death. Wow.

An everyday thing in some parts of the world.

Excellent writing, sad content.

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

Excellent write. My grandfather was killed by a bullet before I was born, so this kind of hits home for me. Thank you for sharing. Debileah