An Unfamiliar Voice

An unfamiliar voice stabs at my heart/

Begging me to drop everything and run/

Faster than a bullet to my son’s school/

Or quicker than automatic guns can/

Deaden the life of a beautiful girl/

Or before the innocent smiles fade/

As they face down into hot pools of blood/

I drop the phone, my fingers numb, and stoop/

To make sure I’ve heard correctly the news/

That sears into my brain, stripping my soul

 

To a Politician

No one shares our grief

Tears of tragedy

Flowing down do not

Make you one of us

Promises delayed

Fixes thrown away

Speak so much louder

 

None can understand

Your abandonment

Of our children

Our sons and daughters

Who might have been saved

Your tears may be real

A sign of your guilt