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.
annarino writes 