Scott was travelling home from a party in his local town,

Became a victim of a knife crime,paralysed from the neck down.

He was told it had severed his spinal chord and would never walk again,

Relying on round the clock care and medication to deal with his pain.

Scott at 16  experienced the devastating consequences of  a knife attack.

Now at 27 in his wheel chair still fighting to get his life back.

 

Steven was 25, from the territorial army on leave,

While drawing money from a cash machine a stranger did thieve.

He was stabbed in his side and twice in his knee,

Collapsing and passing out he was rushed to A.&E.

Eight operations later lying distressed in his bed,

Having his leg amputated and flashbacks in his head.

 

A knife crime epedemic is cutting through our land,

Carrying knives for protection is getting out of hand.

Teenagers are the culprits in their earlier years,

In the belief it will protect them against their growing fears.

 

We must prevent them from carrying knives in the first place,

Avoid carnage on our streets and fatalities to face.

Walking away from a confrontation is a smart way to smother,

The anger and frustrations,giving them time to recover.

 

Everyone agrees without urgent action more lives will be lost.

Broken ! Exclusions from schools is done at a cost.

Youngsters on the streets enticed by gangs to transit the drugs,

From city centres ,with knives for protection,the education system shrugs !

 

More police on our streets is definitely the answer,

A clinical stop search to overcome this knife cancer.

Carrying a knife must not be allowed to get worse,

No parent wants to ride with their child in a hearse.