Carved

Alone just himself he walk  city streets
Dark corners blind alleys
The traffic that beeps
Tower block residents going to sleep

Turn past the corner the cracked pavement chipped
Look over his shoulder to check behind
The blood now congealed where it flowed and it dripped
For that was the place he carved his first niche

The challenge "get" that shot on the phone
Instagram shared amongst all the scum
Street cred stand up and be one of them
 Screams as the victim tried to inhale, laugh and escape

What is the score board what is the chart
 One for a finger ten for the heart
A right of passage written with blood
The contempt that shouts "I'm misunderstood"

Society ruled by the fear of attack
Families damaged and mourning a loss
Hard love to advocate, the law to respond
But an eye for an eye is the justice we shun