Day 10: My 30 Day Poetry Journey

Day 10- I will pick a one line song lyric to serve as an epigraph to my poem. Then, I will write the poem to accompany it.

This was a hard one for me because I have a lot of favorite one- Liners. I was stuck in the middle of choosing one of these:

There is still time to change the road you are on – (STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - LED ZEPPELIN)

Is there hope for everyman- (EVERY MAN LYRICS - CASTING CROWNS)

Can’t someone tell me who is to blame? - (MAYBE-ASA)- MY FINAL CHOICE

Is anybody out there hearing me?-( SET ME FREE- CASTING CROWNS)

Will I dance for You Jesus or in awe of you be still-(I CAN ONLY IMAGINE-MERCY ME)

Can’t someone tell me who is to blame?

I’ve been reading the news everyday

More deaths than births

More killings than healing

Can’t someone tell me who is to blame?

I was watching the Tv testerday

The innocents being bombed

More bodies embalmed

Can’t someone tell me who is to blame?

I’ve seen in churches today

More cruelty than honesty

More division than one vision

Can’t someone tell me who is to blame?

I’ve seen in schools nowadays

Children learning about wars

Teenagers bullied to do drugs

Can’t someone tell me who is to blame?

I’ve noticed along the way

Movies turning to reality

Brutality now a mentality

Can’t someone tell me who is to blame?

I’ve heard from people back in the days

How hatred is the new normal

And abortion is now moral

Can’t someone tell me who is to blame?

I’ve been to places far away

Where you are judged by your race

By the same people who preach grace

Can’t someone tell me who is to blame?

I see on the streets on New Years day

More greed and no selflessness

Less giving and more selfishness

Can’t someone tell me who is to blame?

I’ve heard of cities on a good day

Where graffiti is a big crime

And rape has no response time

Can’t someone tell me who is to blame?

I hear so many songs on replay

Leaving the world with no ethics

Bad lyrics suddenly poetic

Can’t someone tell me who is to blame?