The Sounds of Sirens

From "Aspirations of Pen and Thought."

By Beverly Stewart

• The sounds of sirens in the city
• Someone's in trouble, oh, what a pity
• Police cars, ambulances, races to save a life
• Someone's been shot or stabbed with a knife.
• Another mugged, another raped
• A convicted killer has just escaped.
• A child is abused
• The parents are accused.
• A man is lying on the ground...sorry, he died
• Couldn't take the pressure, committed suicide.
• Fire trucks rush to put out a fire
• How did this one start...overloaded wires.
• As a result, a whole family dies
• Friends are shocked, relatives cry.
• The elderly are being robbed and killed
• Children are being abducted against their will.
• A jealous lover just shot the other
• An angry kid lashes out at his mother.
• Two bodies are found, (the police stated)
• Motive for the killing...drug related.
• People are angry, can't get a job
• Alternative to that...go out and rob
• Kids are killing kids, what on earth's the matter?
• They're handed guns on a silver platter.

• If you're out to buy an expensive coat, leave it on the rack
• There are people who'll have no problem taking it off your back.
• You will either be smart and give it up from the start
• Or you will try to be a hero and end up a zero.
• People are leery, don't know who to trust
• Look across the street...another drug bust.
• She picked up a guy named Barry Miller
• He just happened to be the convicted killer.
• He strangled her, left her to die
• All the parents could say is, why?
• The sounds of sirens in the city
• Someone's in trouble, oh, what a pity.