crime Poetic Asides

 

Lacking Lullabies

 

I shouldn’t watch crime shows

Before I go to bed.

I dream all through the night

Of those who want me dead.

 

Of those who are abused

And running for their life,

Of crimes behind closed doors

Of a husband and wife.

 

Of murders and mayhem,

Of abductions and pain,

Of unsolved mysteries,

With no one left to blame.

 

Of robberies and heists

And all those things you dread.

I shouldn’t watch crime shows

Before I go to bed.