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Headline of a Lifeline's Deadline

By Stephen LightpenPublished 2 years ago 3 min read

Journey Down The Deadline

Throw him a lifeline before deadline;

The flinging sting of a slingstone,

To ground zero from cloud nine;

The storyline of an heroine hero.

Peer Pressure! Perishable Pleasure!

Needles, syringe, pleasurable pain:

Pricking vein; infringe treasurable brain.

Coke poke nose introduced to by Cain,

Who was never brother's keeper anyway.

Circulation of Addiction

From the "just one more" presumption,

To the: "not anymore" assumption,

Back to the "just one more" resumption;

That anti-clockwise circulation of addiction.

The Pimp and the Ride

That pimp got to hit the club in his new car,

It's time to ball with four of his favorite hookers,

On high explosive drugs with all mind blown;

One hooker over-doze off, left behind at home alone.

The Trip

He led the three others to the driveway;

All four tripping seeing blurred lines.

He steering four wheels away;

All four on a trip across blunder line.

Live Fast! Die Slow!

High as a bridge overhead,

Wide as a grief overspread;

So high on the highway,

So low in the high sea.

Cold Blue Waterloo

So was the tale of living in a fast lane;

So also told in a dying crashlane,

Turning lively haste into deathly waste,

At the dead end of Hell's Broadway.

Highway to a Dead-End

All four across this deadline,

With no lifeline found for them in time.

All four so far gone in the midst of five,

With only one left behind dead and alive.

Yearning for Life

Who will show me the way to life?

Her silent yearn resound.

Who will show her the way of life?

Before she drop dead in the ground.

Street Walker

All her life she spread legs like deathbed,

Swallow pills down sepulchre depth;

Turn her closed womb into open tomb_

Of a billion babies buried alive and dead.

Wildlife Predating Prey

As for now she blowing crack;

Her life's a joke too serious to crack.

As the latest prey of a wildlife arouse;

Her predators coming from the trap house.

Rescue Mission

There and then i met this stranger in danger:

Unto rescue mission that couldn't linger;

Where and when as a preacher passing by_

Who said hi but wouldn't say bye..

Pulpit in the Street

In the passion of Christ i moved,

By the compassion of Christ i was moved;

I heard and declared to her that which is true:

"Jesus told me to tell you that He loves you."

To That Street Preacher

"O! Mister; on what drug are you high?"

Question! Scorn fully; she implied.

"Just under the influence of the Most High."

Answer! Cheerfully; I replied.

This is Love

"Jesus told me to tell you he loves you;

Inspite your spite in futile strive.

Jesus told me all you've been through,

Even from your tender age of five..."

A Troubled Childhood

"The troubled essence of your childhood:

Your innocence painfully stripped off you,

By that stepfather who forcefully raped you,

And even introduced his friends into you...."

From Rape to Rampage

"So at the plundered age of tender ten,

You left him for dead, stabbing times ten;

You left the scary comfort of home_

Into the fiery street; a dreary resort to roam."

Broken

These words broke down a heart of stone_

Like hammer to sober up a mind so stoned.

"How did you know?" Was tearfully her yell

"This tale just told i fearfully never tell.."

Rain of Tears

"Jesus told me to tell you all these i declare:

To let you know of all these he is aware;

Above and beyond all these he cares,

To beam the rainbow over your rain of tears..."

Repentance

"Why took Jesus so long?" She said

"Why not come earlier instead?"

"Better late than never you heard,

Never late however..." I declared....

Salvation Now

"Right here the coast of his love is clear,

Right now the river of his life is near,

For you to sail off the cage of despair;

For vessel damage a wholesome repair..."

Only Jesus

"Only Jesus can save!" I proclaimed.

"Beg him to save me!" she exclaimed.

Full and free salvation she claimed.

Totally complete restoration reclaimed.

Born Again

"Jesus told me to tell you to take a look;

He has straighten up the way you crook,

By making a futile effort of the pills you took;

Couldn't abort whom brooding in your womb.

New Born Man

Breaking forth from her was a new born son,

Breaking forth to see the sun,

As a token of the break of a brand new dawn,

After 9 month due date was done.

Preserved Alive

Twenty five years later through the timeline:

Her son the figure of his father at twenty five.

That pimp couldn't find a lifeline before deadline;

He died in car crash with his seed preserved alive.

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Stephen Lightpen

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