Broke Down : Southwest Adams St.

By theXkevorkian

               I look out amongst
       the rampitt concrete outcroppings
             of the city squalor

              I feel such agony
              as I gaze amongst
            the empty crack viles
              and the unopened
               yet disgaurded
            pieces of cellophane
                 and boxes

           Misery loves company
                  they say

          I make my way to the corner
                for the usual
             two cups with milk

           there's this girl there
         I imagine her draped in silk
            if only for a moment
                 I am taken

                 at first
             by her supple lips
           all dry and weather beaten

             its a cold and windy
               day in the city

            then I gaze into her eyes
                 such pain
            pupils like pen nails
                 anemic
             discolored and gray
               dark circles
          need I say more

          that's what you get perdition
                broken promises
                 and dreams
               never fulfilled

                 the kids
            they play in alleyways

               amongst the refuse
              and vile eronomous
             collections of debris

                 I just wonder
            could we set them all free ?

        from this hate filled existence

            so they can become

              something more

             than just another


                  beautiful

                   junkie

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Published on Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Filed under: "Poetry"

Comments on "Broke Down : Southwest Adams St."

A former member wrote: what a fantastic write.. the suffering beauty.. compassionate words... this is even more painful than the song junkie by robi rosa. your words have struck me deep.
On Wednesday, January 20, 2010, Dilated View (582) wrote:

Yeah man. I don't know what to possibly say about this. If we treated the situation with love and understanding instead of disdain and isolation then maybe we could. Crushing.
A former member wrote: stunning imagery, and heartbreaking. to see with your minds eye and then be thrown back into the cruelty of reality. wanting to save people from themselves. lovely.