They heard the young girl's screams, <br />filled with panic and fear, <br />but the city dwellers <br />kept their windows <br />shuttered and dark <br />so they would not see. <br /> <br />The shadows, those who drifted <br />from alley to doorway, <br />and watched in silent joy <br />the picture of someone <br />besides themselves in pain, <br />laughed in horrific glee. <br /> <br />As the knife plunged <br />deeply into her breast, <br />and life left the girl at last, <br />the shadows went on their way, <br />pleased that the night had <br />claimed another innocent one. <br /> <br />No one cried <br />but her mother, <br />and her tears were only <br />tears of violent anger <br />and frustration <br />at her situation in life.<br /><br />Scarlett Treat<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/another-life/
