Trapped
A partial response to the Australian Story segment, ‘When the Call Comes’ 20 June 2016 http://www.abc.net.au/austory/ about a man referred to as ‘Mouse’ and his circle.
First strike
Trapped
By tragedy
A man trapped
By his painful past
A cycle
Of abuse and torment
Through his days.
Second strike
Trapped
By the ‘street scene’
The rounds
By the moment
Like a mouse
Cornered
Stabbed and
Struck
Gone.
Third strike
Trapped
By the memory
Two families broken
This is
No score.
The bystanders
We
In the background
Look
In sad horror
His place
Abandoned
Monument of memory
Of a life taken way.
* * *
Memoriam
May he find peace now
A true home forever
And peace for his family
May the torment
Become peace.
Simon C.J. Falk 20 June 2016
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