Submissions by Ashmitawrites

SIX BILLION PEOPLE,SIX BILLION SOULS
SIX BILLION ROADS TO SIX BILLION GOALS
SOME TRAVEL TO SEE,SOME TO BE SEEN
SOME CHASE THEIR DREAMS,SOME BACK TO HOLES

SOME NEEDN'T SWEAT A DROP,YET A PRUDENT SAGE
SOME CAN'T GET THROUGH DESPITE THEIR TRIAL FOR AGE
SOME ARE SPURRED TO DREAM,SOME ALWAYS SUSHHED
SIX BILLION HAPPY FACES,SIX BILLION EYES OF RAGE

SOME SAY THEY MAKE PEACE,SOME SQUARE OFF
SOME RETALIATE IN HATRED,SOME BELIEVE IN LOVE
SOME PLAN FOR BETRAYAL,SOME BECOME ITS PREY
SIX BILLION HEARTS OF HONESTY,SIX BILLION LIPS OF BLUFF

SOME...

WITH THOSE BROWS SOMBER
SHE LIT THE FIRE ;RED ON TIMBER
ABOVE IT SINGS THE UGLY KETTLE
AND ASIDE HER CRIES HER STARVED DAUGHTER

THE RIPPLE OF YELLOW FLAME
BLAZES NOISILY IN HER MUTE SOUL
THE FLICKER OF IRONY
WEEPS SILENTLY IN HER ABUSED ROLE
DAYS PASS JUST BEHOLDING
HER SON BUT SHE AIN'T PAID
NIGHT TAGS HER ON SALE
WHEN SHE'S WANTED ON HER MAN'S BED

EVERYDAY IS FAMINE
IN HER PUNY RAVAGED SHELTER
BECAUSE, BOTTLE IS DEARER
TO THE MAN SHE TIED KNOT TO
THE GUTTLE OF HER CHILDREN
IN A PIECE OF BREAD MELTS HER
HER...