Launchorasince 2014
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A Political Statement


Confusion, that's what people feel with the first gunshot,

Hysteria, when the second one goes.

And they think about their loved ones, will they survive?

Really, What they're thinking about is themselves, will they

Live throughout the attack?

Imagine being in that crowd,

Every man and woman

Hiding, waiting, looking for a way out; observing the

Elegance as the 

Bodies fall 

Down 

On the streets.


Eventually there are no more gunshots 

Quizzed looks suddenly begin to turn up

Unable to find a reason for the tragedy, or a simple solution

And they begin to blame each other

Labeling one another, trying to find out which stereotype is

Responsible this time, for the deaths of our loved ones, or for the

Insecurity brought to the country. 

Great, the government thinks, another crisis to 

Handle. 

Though they don't actually care, they only need to bring comfort not

Safeness.


Unsafe, all of us are unsafe.

Killing has now become a hobby, a sport,

Reality is no safe heaven, we are all

Afraid, afraid of one day not being able to wake up.

Indeed, its terrifying, hiding under the bed, feeling the

Numbness as furniture collapses,

Every wall, every window is un

-safe. What if they see me? What if they come in?

Running through the night

Unseen across the ground, would it be 

So difficult to just leave us alone?

Some of us, most of us are 

Innocent, we have not sinned and have a whole life

Ahead. Isn't it our right to live it?


Please, I beg. Please get 

Away, give me a head start, I can still make it and

Live.

Every piece fits now, I can 

See so clearly, I can remember yesterday and I can see 

Tomorrow, I can see an 

Incandescent light guiding me to where I'm supposed to go but 

Nothing

Else.


Immense 

Sadness washes over me as 

I remember, as I feel the hole in my heart for all the people

Suffering I left behind.