Children Are Dying
Woke up this morning
The day before Thanksgiving
Watched with heavy heart
The one sided news reports
Of more violence and destruction
Children are dying
Had my coffee, checked my email
On my smartphone, Facebook too
More depressing news
Of bloodshed and death
Mixed with advertisement
For great shopping deals
And Black Friday is now
A Thursday sucking the life
Out of struggling workers
Undeserving of the luxury
Of even enjoying a holiday
With loved ones
So the rest of us can buy
more for less. Ain't that
The sprit of Thanksgiving?
And children are still dying
There is nothing more depressing
Than starting the day
With news of death,
destruction and consumerism.
A second a cup of coffee,
I share post on Facebook
Asking questions no one can answer
How can one human life
be worth more than another?
How can we condemn one form of violence
And defend another one?
How are individual, group or state
terrorism different from each other?
How many children, mothers, fathers,
Friends, LIVES are massacred
Before we can learn how to coexist?
Children are DYING
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