The Greektown Shooting
"You are not alone" she whispered to a dying girl
while the angels swooped down to hold a pearl
Unspeakable acts in a world of dishumanisation
mental illness is spreading, inside our Nation..
Why is it the innocent pay for the debt
of sick people they have never met?.
I cannot imagine what Linda was thinking
as she held a dying soul without blinking
In memory of this beautiful soul that died
let us bow our heads and prep our souls
for a moment of quietude and silence
Let us say a prayer for those who died
Mental illness is like a candle stick snuffer
extinguishing flames in a cone shaped world
Its the innocent ones that go on to suffer
in a world where violence/ treason is hurled.
July 24, 2018
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