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.

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?