Thursday, February 19, 2009

Deaths point of view

I wrote this shortly after my uncle died a few years ago.  

Looking down from the clouds
i watch the people passing
oblivious
no one notices me
why should they

i am waiting for my turn in their lives
little kids by ice cream
adults go to work
something stirs

a shot is fired below me
my time is now
i descend
i gather up the victim 
and go back to the clouds

waiting for more
it shouldn't be long


Riley

1 comment:

L Lazarow said...

So much death. Everywhere, everyday.

=(

But a good poem.

- Paula