Heartbreak. Loss. Anger.
Again. Again. Again.
Again.
This time in Maine.
Next time, somewhere else.
Because there will be a next time.
Another community left reeling. And asking why.
More families shattered.
What more is there to say? That hasn’t been said?
Other than to remember that none of this should be deemed normal, or commonplace, or acceptable. We can do better. We must do better.
There is no other choice except to condone the unconscionable.
Was just thinking how in just a few weeks time we can forgot about the issue that dominated the headlines. So let’s not forgot about Lewiston, ME and all the other mass shootings in this country just b/c todays headlines are about Gaza and a possible govt shutdown. Gun control reform needs to be on the minds and agendas of all our lawmakers.
America's Sonnet
-Susan Cook-
It is so hard to write you this sonnet
because I long for you in another
way. I want to feel justified, make it
like "Shall I compare thee to a summer
day?" But there was that summer day, one man
with all those guns that you allowed him to
buy to kill. He was an American-
style imposter. I want you to be true.
I will not just say they're your pretty wrongs,
in your pursuit of happiness, me, you,
Then you go behind my back. Someone conned
me, telling me you have more than you do.
This sonnet's yours America, but you
will not turn all my loves, my black, white, blue.
On PRX.org, In The River Is Wide series.