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I can't begin to fathom What it must be like To be filled with fear and terror While running for your life. I can't begin to fathom Looking all around Searching for some shelter And seeing bodies on the ground. I can't begin to fathom To find a loved one lying still Begging them to wake up Yet know they never will. I can't begin to fathom Hiding and in wait Ducking in the shadows Afraid of tempting fate. I can't begin to fathom How a human, same as me. Could rifle down the innocent Destroy lives and families. I can't begin to fathom The confusion,trauma, pain The survivors have to live through To go on with life again. I can't begin to fathom How such bloodshed still goes on When will we come to realize We're doing something wrong? This has to be the end of this There can't be one more time How many more must lose their lives Before we draw the line? Let's crush this senseless madness Don't leave it up to fate. We need to find an answer Before it's way too late.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 10/3/2017 3:09:00 PM
It is a sad Time we live in.... terrific poem
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Laurie Mahoney
Date: 10/3/2017 3:11:00 PM
Thanks. I guess I feel like most of us. Helpless, confused. Can't process it. And all you can do is say I'm sorry. What else is there? It's just the worst.
Date: 10/3/2017 2:12:00 PM
Absolutely true & so well written! Beautiful my friend! Thank you!
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Laurie Mahoney
Date: 10/3/2017 2:17:00 PM
You're the best!

Book: Shattered Sighs