Lawrence Simpson- A Poem

 Balloons

"Balloons" symbolize happiness, joy and celebration for everyone ELSE....

But balloons for my people....symbolize
Death, destruction and where that young, black man took his last BREATH.....

You can see them in a hood near you, on your average light pole near a trash CAN..

Though it's empty, the trash is on the ground but that's where you took your last STAND...

I guess balloons symbolize the beauty of a life that was taken so SOON...

Hoping the colors and shapes, the teddy bears and pictures of you, that your life would somehow PRESUME....

I guess It's too late now, time has passed
and the rain has washed away our SYMPATHY....

But you're still in our hearts, where the colors don't fade and you're not simply a MEMORY....

Though it hurts to realize your gone..so much potential we will never KNOW...

But GOD doesn't make mistakes, YOU were created to be more than, just a BALLOON ON A POLE.

Lawrence Simpson 2016