Where Are We Going Or Where Do We Go From Here
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This poem is about gun violence and our leaders failure to address the issue. Ever since Sandy Hook I have been wearing a Gun Free T shirt. I have also written about this issue befoer. See "The Killing Fields" in my poems.
Where are we going?
Or
Where do we go from here?
It happened again
It was the same as yesterday
It was the same as yesteryear
Is there no end?
How long must we endure?
A young man takes a gun
And decides to kill
No reason given
What was the thrill?
How long must we endure?
He aims he shoots
Babies fall
Blood on the wall
They were just bodies after all
How long must we endure?
Where do we go from here?
They fall in our schools
They fall in our parking lots
They fall in our homes
They fall in our synagogues and churches
They fall in our alleys
They fall on our concrete streets
There are dead bodies everywhere
How long must we endure?
They sell them in alleys,
They sell them in Wal-Marts,
They sell them at gun shows,
Even the internet.
For a price you can
Buy one anywhere.
Where do we go from here?
How many tears must we bleed?
How many lives must we ruin?
How much love must we lose?
How many graves must we dig?
How much fear must we endure?
What is a life worth?
What is the pain worth?
How many have we hurt?
How many more must die?
Where are we going?
Where do we go from here?
What are my rights,
If I decide to fight?
Should I buy one?
Should you buy one?
Should we have the right?
What if we, keep doing what
We’ve been doing.
Should we expect something different?
Will the outcome be different?
Where are we going?
Where do we go from here?
There’s blood in our schools
There’s blood in our parking lots
There’s blood in our homes
There’s blood in our synagogues and churches
There’s blood in our alleys
There’s blood in our streets
There are dead bodies everywhere
Shouldn’t we expect something different?
It shouldn’t surprise you
When there more guns than people in America
Where are we going?
Where do we go from here?
Is this America’s Legacy?
Copyright © Lon Wartman | Year Posted 2021
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