Knife crime slam poem
There’s more knife crime,
Another one dead,
Only sixteen,
The newsreader said.
We’re trying to stop it,
Politicians say,
More stop-and-search,
But the very next day
You see the news on TV,
Yet another stabbed,
Not far from where you live now,
This one’s a fourteen year old lad
You’re left really shaken,
A couple days pass,
You only hear the news,
When you’re on your way to class.
It’s your best friend Harry,
The counsellor said,
Found dead in an alley,
All his clothes stained red.
STOP.
What are we doing?
Children are dying,
Futures being stolen,
Families crying
The crime epidemic is spreading,
Gotta halt it now,
Before another one gets slashed,
But how to stop it, how?
We know the answer,
We know who can stop it,
We know deep down,
It’s us.
Only we can stop it,
That’s us, our community
Stop carrying knives,
And treating kids with impunity.
I’m talking to you kids now,
Yeah, that’s you, all you teens,
I wanna watch you drop your knives,
Cos that ain’t what I’ve seen.
I don’t care about your reason,
for carrying a knife,
it’s not cool, it’s not fun,
it’ll just claim a life.
We gotta do it now, guys,
We gotta end the pain,
We gotta drop the knives, guys,
Before another friend gets slain.
Comments (4)
18 Apr 2019
This poem is right,
We all shall stop,
Before you get caught ,
You will be in jail,
Then live miserable,
And this is not a life you need
Drop knifes ,
And everything will be fine,
Live a happy life ,
Or else,
Other people will come for you,
And then you will feel the pain ,
Like your victims.
18 Sep 2019
I like how every line is very powerful
07 Dec 2019
See knifes on the floor,
Crimes are committed ,
Life’s are vanished,
Mothers are sad,
Children are dead,
It’s really bad!😢
09 Dec 2019
You took this to the next level well done
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