Image by: Photodream Art
Difficult they said
Hard as nails
Intractable
Lost
No point
Infected
Beyond help.
Cast out
Isolated
Choices made
A small boy who once ran free.
Turned into a weapon
Who fired rounds
Didn’t care
Destruction his stock in trade.
Now confined
A seething hatred
Simmering inside
A man who took lives,
Set about wanton destruction.
Mayhem they called it.
Now he’s incarcerated
Locked within his box
Forever to view the walls of his own prison
His motivation locked away
Like him
Far from the view lesser mortals
Who go about their mundane lives
Oblivious to the potential within their midst.
Written for: http://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/photo-challenge-13-mortar-and-pestilence/
Morpethroad 
Very nice, a haunting one.
Thank you Charly I appreciate your comment.
Wow! Just wow! I am at a loss for words masterpiece
Oh you are too kind Yves. Thank you it was a great challenge.
I speak the truth XD
A very descriptive write of what we bring upon ourselves and how our lives can suffer from the wrongs that we cause others.
thank you Jenny, you understand so well.
Gosh – my mind is going all sorts of directions on this one. I don’t even know where to start. So- I won’t.
Deep thoughts here though.
Thank you RoSy, I thought I should try something deeper than normal.
I really like this, Michael. Very dark but a powerful message. Sometimes we need “shock” that spells it out so clearly.I really like this photo as well…what kind of bird might that be??
A magpie? Just a guess. Thank you Oliana for your comment. Glad you were able to connect.
I rather enjoy dark…I think you’ll enjoy mine when I finish…a new experience for me:)
Look forward to it.
Well a bit of a different piece from you Michael, but I like it. It’s strong, forceful, even. Well done.
Thank you Jackie I appreciate you commenting.
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This may sound strange, which is not unusual coming from me, but your piece brought to mind Warren Zevon lyrics.
Powerful poem.
Thank you so much. Werewolves of London?
I’ve been listening to my Best of Warren Zevon CD, and Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner and Bring Lawyers, Guns and Money, and a bit of the Envoy. But hey, like the werewolves too.