Philly

24 shootings in 24 hours

In the cradle of liberty

Whose cracked bell rings out

Warning a country

To place a sentry

On the triggers of violence.

What are we truly about?

Gunning down civility

With inhumanity.

Would shouts and fists not suffice

To quell the fear unleashed

In a moment’s rage?

Let’s be clear.

The fingers on these triggers

Are not well-regulated

Militias protected by the Second

Amendment, as stated.

There can be no democracy

Among the trigger-happy.

Like the innocent

Democracy is caught in the crossfire

Of those who wield there ire

Against those they desire

To wound and destroy.

War in American streets

Is a cruel violation

Of a democratic nation’s

Efforts to endure.

Too many guns in too many hands

Enrich those seeking it’s ruination.

Control the guns. Make war no more.