Sometimes 'there's stuff' and you just need to say 'something' because quiet feels wrong.  Today is one of those times...  
A poem, then, just to not be quiet...a poem to be something.
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26.2 turns to
two bombs to
two too many 
moments meant
meeting
mothers and fathers
and kids and
you where
accomplishment
met a timer--
How long and how far
did you run before
today 
how
far will you
run
now
away from a 
proving passion
a display of your
strength
your
endurance blown
into change
A culture
where the hurt
hurt others
heading for personal 
victory
makes heroes
from helpers
from mothers
and fathers and
kids and 
you
can
shoulder those running
you
can blow THIS
violence away
you can stop
hate perpetuating 
hate perpetuating
hell 
hath no fury 
like a hero 
with a heart
a helper
with a hand 
a stranger
with an ear
Pick one
be something
be something
 
Amazing, Ginny. This really helped me put in order some of my feelings about what happened.
ReplyDelete-Devin