L Milton Hankins Poet Rhyme

They Will Ask Why

A thousand lighted kites sent aloft
Remembering those who’ve lost their lives
In our hearts there’s a place that is soft

Children who should’ve never faced gunfire
The unimaginable took them from us
Were they with us, they would inquire

What did you do when guns proliferated,
When the mentally ill roamed the streets,
While our futures were summarily obliterated?

We will stare dumbfounded without reply
We will send a thousand lighted kites aloft
We will ask, as they do, why? 

Written November 9, 2022

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Caren Krutsinger November 13, 2022 at 12:35 AM I despise war where children suffer so and “should never have to face gunfire”. L Milton Hankins November 13, 2022 at 8:07 AM Me, too, Caren. Little children should never have to live through that kind of horror.

Tom Cunningham November 9, 2022 at 10:16 AM Sadly there is never an easy answer Milton. Tom L Milton Hankins November 9, 2022 at 10:40 AM No, there isn't, Tom.