BAD  THINGS

I am everywhere and all the time,

Sometimes maybe a nightmare for you, a violent crime.

A car accident of horror, families’ 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 on 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 a door, bad things you might find.

        Keith Garrett