Black Poetry : GHOST TOWN

[afrostotle]

I brought this out again...mainly because i'm tired of watching our children die
Dantrell this is for you...R.I.P. brother....

The block… though pedestrian traffic is
constant… remains empty
While across the street-
The playground seems Bleak
minus the pitter-Pattering of tiny feet
Playing and tagging and running and
jumping until…Dantrell…
Youngest yet of those whom fell
Yesterday his laughter made the world go’ round
Today…The Ghetto….is a Ghost-Town……

Surrounded by a Chain-linked Fence
Games are played, fluids replenished
Cooler full of aid, turntables spun by
d-jays in the corner under a tent
Here.... gladiators and local legends battle
Epic contests of athletic violence
Cross town rivals
When rep meets survival…
Eerie is the silence….
No longer do the rims rattle.

Brought here to live and die in bundles
Becoming lifeless faces in
crowded Project places……
From roaming with lions…to
becoming extinct in concrete jungles.
Despite the frequency resulting in numb ears-
Nothing prepares for the screams I
hear
echoing through these sound-proofed halls
“No, Not my baby” as another mother calls…
An ear piercing declaration of despair
96' degrees in the shade still-
There’s a chill in this morning’s air...

So...
No more double-dutch
Hoops or "freeze tag"
Or.... young girls
being chased by young
lads…No…
Red light-green light
Or... mother may I
have some change
for that snow-cone I
want to buy…No
teams for stick ball
or hide and seek
No...two hand touch
nerf football
game of the week
with…neighborhood onlookers
Full of rambunctious cheer….
Just maybe- children are playing-Somewhere out there
Sadly enough its- not Here
As grown-ups scurry about...
Empty is the playground
The precious future is
No where to be found……
Today…..The Ghetto…is a Ghost- Town

 

[Prizefighter16]

this was definitely tyte and very much heartfelt. Thanks for puttin this up, it poses a lot to think about



Mz.Soulll

 

[Tantrum]

Brought here to live and die in bundles
Becoming lifeless faces in
crowded Project places……
From roaming with lions…to
becoming extinct in concrete jungles.
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I really like this piece much love poet

UNO

 

[NapturallyYours]

This is why you're hot!! Man, I could feel the rhythm, just by how you laid out the words. This is a great performance piece! This should definitely go mainstream.

April

 

[$$RICH$$]

this was too smooth ....one awesome scribe poet u laid it out in fashion