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The Gunmen

By XxFrankiexX | Posted: 01 January 2009

Views: 633
I'm chased down the alley,
the gunman awaits,
a silver mist rises,
from the black oiled gun plates.

I pray to my lord,
"Keep the gunmen away"
to keep away fear,
to keep fear at bay.

Their murdering presence
finds me out when I hide,
a lost void of darkness
comes deep from inside.

Then from out of the darkness,
comes the barrel of a gun,
pointing straight at me,
casting shadows in the sun.

Closing my eyes tight,
I wait for the shot,
sweat dribbles down my fore-head
It is not that I'm hot.

A "click" but no "Bang",
Is a rose without thorns,
a beach with no sea,
a stag with no horns.

Yet when the bang is missing,
you can't help but feel relief,
flooding through you body
like fish through a coral reef.

The gunmen curse quietly,
their kill lost for today,
they will hunt me out next time,
waving guns like in play.
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Comments 
Jessie122
01 January 2009
I really liked reading this poem! Keep up the good work, I'd love to hear more! Tell me if you write anything else, I'd love to read it!

Thanks,
   Jessie122 :)
XxFrankiexX
01 January 2009
Thankyou Jessie122! I'm glad you liked it. I prefer to write poems in this style, but whenever I write a story, I give up after a couple of days.
Jessie122
02 January 2009
Keep trying with your stories! Because you're this good at writing poetry, give story writing a chance, it will come to you in time!

Thanks
   Jessie122 :)
DeUndrae
03 January 2009
I like this poem. It gives you the supense of someone about to die, but when the gunman pulls the trigger the gun makes a click not a bang, indictating that that the gunman wasted or used all his bullets. Kind of ironic. 

Overall liked the work. Keep up the good work!

DeUndrae : )
XxFrankiexX
03 January 2009
Thanks for your comments! I will try to take on board what you have said.

XxFrankiexX :D
debbie reynolds
08 January 2009
Wow, intense, suspense, feelings of high adrenaline, i dislike guns, but this is a good poem, you've captured the moment very well.
blackrose
11 January 2009
This is a REALLY good poem and I enjoyed reading it, I really dislike guns too and the way that they have been glamourised.

I love the last line "waving guns like in play"...because that what it is like, guns are not taken seriously by certain people until it too late...!!!

keep up the good work....fantastic
xxx
Squelch
14 January 2009
I really liked this poem, keep up the good work. :)
kreeves106
16 January 2009
Very well done!
audreyhepburn
07 December 2009
Hey xxFrankiexx
I love your poem! Do you use a rhyming dictionary to write rhyming poems? To write a rhyming poem like this one, I couldn't do it without one! If you don't have a rhyming dictionary, or use an online one, I would recommend buying the Scholastic Rhyming Dictionary for Young People, it's orange and yellow.  Online rhyming dictionaries are useful if you are at the computer, but if you are away from the screen or your Internet access is down, it is very helpful. 
Keep writing!
audreyhepburn
XxFrankiexX
17 December 2009
I don't use a rhyming dictionary, I just think of words that rhyme that might work together, then put them in sentences.

Writer
XxFrankiexX

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