Again
Another senseless violent school shooting
Again multiple lives changed forever
Again I do not understand – how such a disturbed young man
Can have had such easy access to a gun
Bent on mass destruction—of the lives of others
And of the life that perhaps long ago was once his own
Reading the accounts, I am saddened by the tremendous loss
I grieve for the families and with them and thousands of others in my heart
The question WHY never to be answered
Why the warning signs weren’t enough…..
As I read through the paper, I see
Again, horrid atrocities
Men bound and kneeling before being shot and dumped in a shallow grave
A young girl gang raped in front of her father
An internationally known runner tortured for his beliefs
Women sexually assaulted and this being culturally acceptable
The list goes on and I can read no more
My optimism and my hope are dimmed
No gun control
No genocide stopped
No protection for those desperate to flee
Nowhere to turn
I seek God
Breathe, needing hope, optimism, peace
Determined to not just be silent
For in my silence I am complicit in having nothing change
And yet
I wonder
What can I do?
Give me a specific…. There are so many from which to choose
What can I do?
I do not understand how people, each one once an innocent child,
Can be so cruel—filled with such hatred, anger and fear
As to be so violent against one another
What can I do?
What steps can I take that will bring about actions that say
NEVER AGAIN
© Anne Cressin, 2018
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| Virginia Tech students hiding in Holden Hall during massacre Photo April 16, 2007, by William Chase Damiano from Wikimedia Commons |
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| March for Change Rally following Sandy Hook school killings Photo February 14, 2013 from Wikimedia Commons |
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| Memorial for Pulse nightclub mass shooting Photo July 8, 2016 from Wikimedia Commons |
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| Student lie-in at the White House to protest gun laws after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS Photo February 19, 2018 by Lorie Shaull from Wikimedia Commons |
