Those who steal. 05 July 2006.


A dwelling.

Spiteful hands over a gift,
Given by blood money.
But he continues to rip the paper
That alarms for its security.
And the sweat that drips from his face
Marks of his wrong doing, and stops.
But the devil on his shoulder -
Namely peer pressure -
Smoulders him to carry on.

A secret is revealed to those;
The ones that aren’t permitted.
The gift that is finally revealed,
Was a Pandora’s box of his riddance.

He stole it.
Yet he knew what it’ll lead to,
And how he will be dealt with,
So he ran from his problems -
With words singing in his head.

Rapturous with criminality,
He was caught without the gift,
And continued to deny his hesitance;
His fault when...
He never mentioned the devils existance.





Poetry by John Ashleigh The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2006-07-05 at 12:53

Tags Criminality  Moral 

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Kathy Lockhart
The power of peer pressure is enourmous! Even though one know the difference between right and wrong, peer pressure can and does sometimes rule over everything else from some. It is a sad but true revelation of what goes on in the days of youth and even in the days of adulthood all the way, in a sense, to the powers that may be leading countries. Always the cop out or the doing what is popular. Lots of great thought and wisdom spoken in your words. kathy
2006-07-06


Zoya Zaidi
Hey, John, Good come back piece.
How are you my dear Boy?
**Welcome back Hugs**
Love, xxx, Zoya
2006-07-05



Pandora's Box has always intrigued me...
and the use of this as a metaphoric aid has made the poem all the more meaningful to me.
2006-07-05