I am everywhere and all the time,

Sometimes, maybe a nightmare for you,

A violent crime.

A car accident of horror, A family’s loss of life,

A plane crash in the ocean, on an October night.

I am a house on fire, a tragedy of fright,

Murder in the woods or a lightning strike.

Anger and bad thoughts are what I’m about,

You can’t hide from me because I am all around.

Bad things with two legs, bad things without sound,

I’m always a part of the news, I have a story to tell.

I’m a fight in the park, a lost soul never found,

Trick or treat on a Halloween night,

A knock on the door, bad things you may find.

Keith Garrett