Therapeutic Stories

1994

Note: This poem includes activities such as rape, animal abuse, and murder. If you are touchy on these subjects, please do not read this poem.

My gang and I

Rustling and bustling

Walkin' through the alleyway

Because sticks and stones

Can break your bones

And we will show

No mercy

A stray walks through our alleyway

Or a gal tries to take a shortcut

The perfect target

Of my gang and I

And we will show

No mercy

It's fun to beat

This mangled city dog

'Til his eyes bleed red

And his limbs collapse

For my gang and I show

No mercy

But when Blue Eyes showed

As we were taking some pretty girl

She walked by and said

"You know, you're probably going to ruin her life.

And the strange thing is

She'll probably keep the baby

Because that baby did no harm

And she will love that baby

With no thanks to you"

And with that, Blue Eyes walked off

By a weeks time, no more

Girls were taken

And my gang and I showed

A little mercy

We were sittin' in our alleyway

Heard a group of puppies in a box

Well we got some stones for ammo

But when Blue Eyes showed

As we were throwin' those stones

She walked by and said

"In the U.S. alone

Over 20 million animals die

Simply because their owners have

No use for them

And the strange thing is

Those animals are still willing

To let humans into their heart

With no thanks to you"

And with that, she walked off

And so, no more did we throw

Those sanded stones

And my gang and I showed

Some mercy

We'd been sticking to that of

Shoplifting and stick ups

And we had cornered this guy

Had a pretty hefty wallet

But when Blue Eyes showed

As we had a knife to his neck

She walked by and said

"Every year

2 million kids are arrested

Sent to Juvie Hall and worse

And the strange thing is

Only 5% committed violent crimes

The other 95%, their lives get ruined

And here you are

What good are you?"

And with that

We showed mercy

I was a good kid

During that of high school

Got good grades, good food

But during it all

I wanted to see

The girl with blue eyes

Just once more

Graduated in the year of '93

Studying for the SAT

Even though I could only think

Of her

But with all my searching

All my strength

I could not find

The girl with blue eyes

And then it came to me

She only came when I was bad

When I was doing what was wrong

She came

So college was skipped

So Blue Eyes would return

A year passed by

Robberies, kidnappings, runoffs

Never was I caught

But my heart grew angrier

For Blue Eyes never came

The next girl was killed

Left naked in a lake

And another

And another---

Homicide

The year of 2004

A ten year anniversary

Never was I caught

And never did she come

But I saw a picture

On a store window

So I asked

"What is her name?"

He said

"She don't got one"

But I would not be deterred

From the girl with blue eyes

"Where does she live?"

"She don't"

Responded he

"She died in 1994

Was murdered she was

Murdered by you"

For I gave away

My conscience with blue eyes