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AR 15
I am in high school,
Every day, I wonder.
If today will be my last.
It could be a gunshot, or a bomb.
Lockdowns are normalized now,
That everyone just moves along.
We are not safe anymore,
We are safe no where.
Not the store, not even Church.
Babies are dying, and no one cares
Everyone is dying, no one cares.
On Valentine's day,
My high school had a gun scare.
I thought I was going to die,
So I packed my things,
I thought of ways to save others.
I made plans.
I thought of my sister, who was a hallway down.
How she's only 15,
How she could possibly go out in agony.
I prepared myself, i would be the one to die,
I would not them steal anymore lives.
I would save my sister,
Even if it meant i'd have to die.
These are my thoughts as i enter my class each day,
Where the exit points are, how to get away.
I am only seventeen, and i haven't even lived.
I do not want to die.
I do not want my mother to see my body embedded with bullets.
I am in high school, I am a senior.
I do not want to die, please, i do not want to die.
I'm tired of looking on the Television screen and seeing lost lives.
Mothers and daughters,
Brothers and Fathers,
When will it ever be enough?
When will we get rid of that goddamned fucking gun.
Every day, I wonder.
If today will be my last.
It could be a gunshot, or a bomb.
Lockdowns are normalized now,
That everyone just moves along.
We are not safe anymore,
We are safe no where.
Not the store, not even Church.
Babies are dying, and no one cares
Everyone is dying, no one cares.
On Valentine's day,
My high school had a gun scare.
I thought I was going to die,
So I packed my things,
I thought of ways to save others.
I made plans.
I thought of my sister, who was a hallway down.
How she's only 15,
How she could possibly go out in agony.
I prepared myself, i would be the one to die,
I would not them steal anymore lives.
I would save my sister,
Even if it meant i'd have to die.
These are my thoughts as i enter my class each day,
Where the exit points are, how to get away.
I am only seventeen, and i haven't even lived.
I do not want to die.
I do not want my mother to see my body embedded with bullets.
I am in high school, I am a senior.
I do not want to die, please, i do not want to die.
I'm tired of looking on the Television screen and seeing lost lives.
Mothers and daughters,
Brothers and Fathers,
When will it ever be enough?
When will we get rid of that goddamned fucking gun.
Published 19th Aug 2019
Author's Note
This was inspired by a true event, last Valentine's day, our school was put under gun threat, And it was my inspiration, also including the El Paso shooting that happened early august. I know it is a touchy subject, but i do not make any regrets.
These are solely my opinions, fears, and thoughts.
Blessed be.
These are solely my opinions, fears, and thoughts.
Blessed be.
All writing remains the property of the author. Don't use it for any purpose without their permission.
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Great piece with a great message it really is sad how often this happens and kids shouldn't have to worry about that shit happening but at this point it's like you said, "We are not safe anymore,
We are safe no where.
Not the store, not even Church" and that's so sad to me but i agree you never know. Powerful piece!🙌👏
We are safe no where.
Not the store, not even Church" and that's so sad to me but i agree you never know. Powerful piece!🙌👏
Blessed be indeed! When you get rid of the N.R.A then maybe there's a chance of gun control. No one needs guns anyway. Let's have a more level playing field here!
I wonder if anything bad ever happens to the President involving guns, whether or not things would move forward.
I know sadly nothing changed when on January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in Tucson!
Bollocks, huh!
I wonder if anything bad ever happens to the President involving guns, whether or not things would move forward.
I know sadly nothing changed when on January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in Tucson!
Bollocks, huh!
Well written. Sigh. Thoughts and prayers can go f**k themselves. If you don't have government that defends their citizens' lives more than killing machines and the businesses that profit from them, then you don't have anything.
