Tuesday, March 23, 2021

A response to the shootings in Atlanta and Boulder - March 22, 2021

There is a point
When words can no longer express
The outrage 
The pain
The desperation 
that resides 
Deep down in our souls
When individuals act
On the turmoil inside of them 
By lashing out with violence
that leads to injury and murder
That tragically transfers 
Their own inner pain 
To the victims. 
That can only happen 
When the humanity of others 
Means nothing 
In the mind of the perpetrator. 
The spark of God inside of such people
Must of shedding 
Rivers to tears 
For being unable to triumph 
In the battle against the inclination to evil. 
We must find a way 
To remove the hardware that serve as agents of destruction
And to bring healing to every person
Before they might even consider to sow 
such chaos and desolation. 
Eternal One,
Protect us,
Be with us, 
Guide us, 
As we stand with those who mourn, 
With those who survived,
And with those who will truly seek solutions 
That will ultimately, and finally, 
preserve the lives of the innocent.

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