Monday, August 14, 2017

Death of classmate: A poem about healing

Death of classmate // Healing

No more shooting mom
Listening to the news
Telling my son to play dead
Mom what's that

Basketball games rivalries end in death
Buy a gun for $100 on the corner
Everyone knows where
Sister cry for food
Sister city to play
Sister city a new town
for the death of a child

Pendragon, Pendleton,
shot in a park,
5 blocks from the President's home
Performed at the inaugural
Died at attention.

Gun control won't cut it,
Video games won't cut it,
Mental health registry won't cut it,
Where are the shooters parents,
Where is the raising of a child.

The shootings in Chicago have gone insane. And while this was during the Obama administration, I was deeply affected. We discuss the why's at home. White privilege, poverty, cycles of abuse and the insanity of shootings. What do we tell the children? We talk about these issues openly. And then I deal with my kids saying they are scared when we know we are safe at home. This is not our world, but it hurts my heart.

One day, this will change.

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