Why celebrate
when innocent kindergarteners
are scared to death
going to school the next day
having witnessed friends and teachers lying still
in pools of blood
not knowing why
Why celebrate
when firemen responded to calls for help
and were trapped and killed by the caller
Why celebrate
when neighbors fear going outside,
for they can hardly trust one another
and dare not offer help to the helpless
This senseless, cruel world
engulfed in greed for money and arms race
all day long
snugs down in its comfy, fanciful bed
with wild dream indifference
in pitch-dark nights
Barbaric silence
of stony hearts
Echoes of praying
for a caring neighborhood
where parents may stroll
Echoes of begging
for a peaceful neighborhood
where children freely roam and chase one another
around the playgrounds
and in school yards
Resonance in caves
of pitch-dark nights
Why celebrate
not knowing when and where is next?
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Some 12,000 people are murdered in the United States with guns every year.
2012, a year doomed with too much gun violence
2012, a year doomed with too much gun violence
