It happened again yesterday on our own soil, a war-like carnage
Please, spare me your meaningless verbiage and your attempt to assuage
Where, tell me where is your outrage
Young lives so senselessly robbed of their golden age
Blinded in misguided loyalty to your affiliation
You have remain unmoved in inexcusable, unfathomable inaction
I urge you, seize our sorrow and searing indignation
Feel our grief, make it yours, act on compassion
Parlay not with our children’s lives
While protection for them you deprive
Enough with your endless squabbles and strife
No one wins this battle unless our kids survive
How much more blood and tears do we have to lose
Before you stop this greed driven ruse
Unite, act now, preserve lives you must choose
We demand you stop this treacherous abuse
My heart goes to all the victims of school shooting. I pray that our lawmakers have the wisdom and courage to act now and stop these senseless tragedies. Because they can.
*Featured image by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash
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Likewise. As a mother of school going children this is unbelievably scary. I have no words. I pray for the victims and their loved ones. 🙏🧡
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It is sad and terrifying how often these shootings are taking place. We can’t accept these as norms. We simply can’t.
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Completely agree. I’m starting contemplate on homeschooling my kids. But how sad that we must go there – taking away the years and time they experience being in a physical school environment. Yes, so terrifying.
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Your words are falling on deaf ears, I fear…they can never ‘Feel your grief, make it theirs, act on compassion’ because greed and power know no compassion. Beautiful, heartfelt poem…I do hope the youth who are about to turn 18 are listening. Therein lies the hope…
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I am afraid that you are absolutely right about these words falling on deaf ears. If student marches and their words haven’t yet moved the ones in power to action,
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Sorry, I accidentally click “send” before finished typing…I meant to say that if the students’ actions haven’t yielded some actions, it will be many more years until something is done. I am hoping, however, that I am just being pessimistic.
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Oh I truly hope that, too…😔❤️
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I cant afford to home school my son.
My daughter is now 21 thankfully and in a tertiary institution.
I pray for my son and the other children/students daily.
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I do too…safety at the end of the day is most important. Thank you for visiting this humble post and for your thoughts. 🙂 Have a safe and terrific day.
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