Las Vegas Massacre
Last Night,
the city of
Lomita
honored
Lisa Patterson
at a beautiful
candlelight vigil.
The mayor and L.A Councilmen and women
spoke,
Pastors from local churches honored her.
Her beautiful daughters delivered elegant speeches
making us
laugh and cry simultaneously.
Yet,
all I could think of is
I shouldn't know
someone
who is a victim
of a
random act ot
terrorism!
My children
shouldn't know someone who was
murdered!
NO ONE SHOULD!
But these acts of violence
are
occurring more
FREQUENTLY.
The number of
INNOCENT VICTIMS
upping the last
KILLING SPREE!
I am guilty of this . . . .
liking,
sharing,
the latest Facebook post
condemning these
HORRENDOUS
acts!
But nothing more.
My own life OVERSHADOWING the last atrocity,
disgust
put aside.
disgust
put aside.
BUT I KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS KILLED IN LAS VEGAS!
I KNOW SOMEONE!
I KNOW HER ELDEST DAUGHTER,
a good friend to my eldest daughter.
So MANY of US NOW KNOW SOMEONE
KILLED
or
Maimed
in
VEGAS!
The Circle is
CLOSING
in!
Getting
smaller!
It is SCARY!
i'm scared!
NOT
for me-
I'm at the apex of that hill we hope to climb!
I"M SCARED
for my
CHILDREN
and their
FRIENDS!
I Don't Know What to Do!
Who do I call?
My councilmen?
I am
SKEPTICAL!
Do
THEY REALLY LISTEN?
I FEEL like it All falls on DEAF ears!
They
DO
WHAT
THEY
WANT!
Pockets
are
lined in cash!
SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE!
AS much as I
WANT
to wrap them in
BUBBLE WRAP;
NO!
BULLET PROOF VESTS
and
HELMETS!
I can't!
I CAN'T!
I want to
RUNAWAY
to Canada,
Australia,
New Zealand!
Bring the peas with me!
It is unrealistic,
a fantasy!
The land of the free,
the home of massacres!
How do I make a change?
to wrap them in
BUBBLE WRAP;
NO!
BULLET PROOF VESTS
and
HELMETS!
I can't!
I CAN'T!
I want to
RUNAWAY
to Canada,
Australia,
New Zealand!
Bring the peas with me!
It is unrealistic,
a fantasy!
The land of the free,
the home of massacres!
How do I make a change?
