Victimized In Sobbing Cries Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Throughout the night,
Shadows cast by moonlight comes.
A mysterious breathing
Approach and lurches near.
Windows locked from inside.
And fresh air disappears.

Steps heard in hallways.
Slow are the creaking sounds on stairs.
Eyes felt peering through concrete.
Walls protecting absorb like sponges.
Closing in upon the weak.
And minds demented with deceit...
Find hands strangling them from sleep.

Useless are weapons kept.
In shelters where one gets no rest.
Even in corners no one hides.
And the screaming done...
No one hears outside!

Victimized in sobbing cries.
And terrorized inside by guilt!
That leaves a heart like this...
Helplessly alone.
Disturbed!

And...
Unrecognized is the dawn that comes.
No morning sunlight does this one witness.
None for this one comes to be shown.
Living in fear projected!
In a world one infested fear condoned.