He takes a day away from the madness. Fallen Angel 9

by Darren   Nov 14, 2015


He decided to rest on the moon and observe man
there was no TV
there were no games
there was no heaven
not for him

Sitting in a box on the bright side he waited......

Man tossed a grenade at another man
who tossed a bomb at a city
that spewed smoke and dead people.

Elsewhere ten boys kicked one boy black
then six girls teased one girl until she wanted to die

still watching and laughing

one man in charge killed his citizens
another man burnt down his house
another man machine gunned his friends

He was puzzled
'do they not need me to taste fear and anguish?'

He watched as men destroyed the earth's lungs
for money
as men stained an ocean for oil
as men burnt the atmosphere away.....

Even he was bored with it all
so he decided to stroll to the dark side of the moon
leaving man to execute themselves into extinction.

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I have decided to repost these as individual poems, they are taken from my poetry book I published on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fallen-Angel-Mr-Darren-Connor/dp/1492989223

Some of the older members have already read these and I thank them
Just a quick fix to get my number of poems up. I was probably a bit quick publishing, some of these need more work.

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  • 10 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    Darren,
    Of the many wonderful instalments I've read so far, this one struck me as having the most powerful lines throughout. Not to belittle the others - they are all excellent - but this one is probably my favourite so far.

    "elsewhere, ten boys kicked one boy black then six girls teased one girl until she wanted to die"
    ^^^^^^^

    How very sad but how very true, Darren. Too often do we hear variations of these same stories.

    "He watched as men destroyed the earth's lungs"
    ^^^^

    This I like simply for the seemingly effortless imagination you display throughout all these pieces - this really is a visual and imaginative line.

    And then "even he was bored with it all" - a damning analysis of the human race here - even HE was bored of it all, yet we continue....

    Brilliant, Darren.

    All the very best and I hope you are well,
    Ben

    • 10 years ago

      by Darren

      Thanks once again Ben.

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