From down the block I could see
The flashing lights of the police car
There was a crowd at the corner
I wonder what was going on
So curiosity got the best of me
And I walk down to see
The closer I got
The closer I could see the yellow police tape
Cording of the block
I heard whisper in the crowd
Who what that
Did you see what happen?
Na,
Any body knows him
I think so’
He live over on Wilson
He ‘sit in my science class said one girl
As I made my way through the crowed
To see whom it was
Getting closer to the Police line
A figure
Lying in the street
A white sheet draped over his face
His brown penny loafer till on
Looking like they were barely worn
A cold wind blew heaping for a second
For all to glare at his lifeless
As the dance with dead slowly over whelmed
An old lady cries and the tears ran down her brown face
Reflecting the light of the streets
Sparkles deep
Seem she had known him from a youth
I see it in her true
He was a kind lad, she said
My god ‘may u forgive this age of this kid’
Amen, sister, amen
May the lord have mercy on his soul?
As the body got cold and colder
The lady with the brown face
Saw a church sister she knew
And they broke in a psalm and then a hymn
Those in the crowed that knew the words join in
And it’s has if heaven too cry
When the rain fell from the sky
Little by little the crowed disperse
Sharing the faith of that day
Each leaving feeling at bits worst
Until was i alone
Only for second
Then I too was gone