A Beautiful Day

by Bre Monique   Aug 16, 2007


I look outside and see the clear blue sky
It's such a beautiful day
Green grass, singing birds
There's beauty everywhere in every way

So I decide to sit outside
It's to beautiful a day to waste
I watch the children running around
And see one trip over his shoelace

I get up in an attempt to help him
But before I can I hear screams
I see the cause of them and hide behind a car
Hoping everything isn't as it seems

There isn't a black car slowly driving by
With guns pointing out with intent to kill
People aren't running everywhere for cover
While a little boy is lying deathly still

Only I'm wrong and everything is happening
And I don't know what I should do
My heart says to help the little boy
But my mind is screaming "what about you?"

The tears fall as I stay where I am
And I squeeze my eyes shut with all my might
Until I finally hear the car disappear
And I run to the little boy and hold him tight

He stares at me, unblinking
And I wonder how this could be real
I close his lifeless eyes
Wondering if those people know who they just killed

An innocent, young boy's life was taken
He looked only about four or five
How is it he can really be dead?
A few minutes ago he was happy and alive!

I don't understand how this could've happened
How he died underneath such a clear, blue sky
On this sweet beautiful day
I guess it was a beautiful day to die

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  • 17 years ago

    by Empathy

    "Yet it is rare when those moments interconnect."
    Ah yes of course that is true, but these types of things do happen. I like this poem for that reason because of your use of a positive and a negative.

    It is always nice to remind people of both forces that captivate our world, good or evil... I like the twist that you add to the end of your poem as well.

    Overall I'd say you did a fantastic job with this. Great work!

  • 18 years ago

    by Abu3li

    It's really an impressive poem playing with meanings. you twiste the reality of agony into trying to force a fake smile by pretending that dying in a beautiful day is worthy

    good luck
    Her Guardian

  • 18 years ago

    by Adelle

    A very sad emotional poem with a good choice of word I like your styel.

  • 18 years ago

    by Alissa

    This was really good.
    I loved the last couplet.
    It was so wonderful,
    you took the concept of death
    and twist it.
    It was really great!
    Yet, your words weren't really correct,
    as in "tooken" should be "taken"
    and "A innocent" should be "An innocent"
    yet it was great!

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