Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Tension Town



In Tension Town the atmosphere 
is tense and overlaid with fear 
There’s little doubt the angst we feel 
is justified and very real 

Our city trembles in alarm 
at those who seek to cause us harm 
The darkness in our minds has grown 
as seeds of anxiety are sown 

In Tension Town the heart rate grows 
as through the veins foreboding flows 
The white on black is blue on blue 
when violence is the only hue 

In Tension Town the eyes dilate 
when all they ever view is hate 
and all around is fretfulness 
our lives suffused with nervousness

In Tension Town all it would take 
is one mishap, one small mistake 
to bring this entire building down 
and burn our future to the ground

Our lives hang on one slender thread 
in Tension Town, and it is said 
that just one single hateful act 
will cause that 
hanging 
thread
to 


snap 


Steve Wheeler © 21 April, 2021

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