nightmares in paradise

where i live
palm trees sway in the breeze
exotic flowers grow
green lush tropical paradise
the people are kind but every Eden has a serpent
a snake
a temptor
a darkside..
which i know well
the drug rings
of which my family was closely tied
the gun runners
never hid
drugs
ice
coke
dope
ecstasy
sold openly in front of me
gunshots
bodies dropped
in front of my young eyes
suicide
blood tricking
from where skull used to be
wall painted with pink
i walked the streets seen hookers being pimped
muggers get lumped
rapists cut to pieces
dogs set on robbers
because in this paradise
we always get you back
nightmares didn't take long to migrate to paradise....