A bullet
to the back of the head
takes another life in violence;
another killer shall keep his silence
as a heart beats to a halt
lungs cease to breath
blood stalls in veins
as the remaining,
rapidly fading
flicker of life
and broken
promise
of
youth
slowly
seep
into bloodstained grasses

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