Why Remind Columbine?
Happy Anniversary?
Annual "remembrance" and contemplation...
Why the highlights of these low times?
Absent minded ,heartless hate crimes
debased insane lost children wielding weapons
Lets spike the ratings...point lenses at this loss
cover the whole like bitter unfeeling frost
Compassionate~~ is how they come across..
yet the exposure compounds the occurrences
amplifies minor disturbances
Attention turns inward angst to outer turbulence
Focus on outside stimuli, asking why?
Creating worlds of total shallow souls that buy
training minds to not see beyond those lines
making name-brand zombies quick to ostracize
those not fitting these molds you made
those not finding a square role to play
not conforming
then transforming, morphing
struggling deflection defeats never absorbing
But what of the war fought at home?
Parents loathing life leaving children alone
human nature is part inherent/ part learned
priorities made the tide turn, not teaching made the sky burn...
Do you believe life's value has diminished in the eyes of children
or they have no perception of what we haven't taught them???
Copyright © Steve Voorhees | Year Posted 2009
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