May their souls rest in perfect peace. Amen.
Today I cry
Cry for lives massacred, 19 children, 2 teachers scared
Scared, minds shocked with horror before
Before bullets shattered their bodies
Bodies ripped apart from ammunition designed for war
War on the innocent calls
Calls to 911: “send cops”
Cops—19 armed, trained, vested—stood waiting
Waiting for key to enter a classroom
Classroom where frantic children and teachers brave
Brave enough to call while
While armed forces wait
OUTCRY
Afterword: How many more?! If the massacre of a nation’s children is not enough to initiate change, what will!? 365 days later, NOTHING’S changed. OUTCRY!!!
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I know. I too manage my news intake for the very same reason. Let’s try to find positivity wherever we can. Thanks for stopping by and engaging. Stay safe and well 😊🙏🏽😊
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I don’t understand either dear . Texas had many more mass murders. So many more other murdered also. Angry folks in Florida and Texas. Even where I live. Twice, police had to come to my grandchildren clubhouse. Boys and men with guns. We must change this world.
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We absolutely must change but there doesn’t seem to be a willingness to change.
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It is so sad! This never happened when I was a child many decades ago. I stopped watching the news because all it is about is violence, shootings and death. Then they save the last 2 minutes for a heartfelt story.
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It is so sad. I manage my news intake to just knowing the essentials otherwise it can be depressing 🙁😕☹️
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How awful. My heart cries for them and their families
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😭😭😭😢😢😢😭😭😭
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🥲☹️
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The whole world should be crying out against brutal and barbaric slaughter of such innocent souls. Society has to up its game and take proactive stap#. day arrives we can only hope and pray
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I couldn’t agree more. There’s a popular reggae song and a line Jamaicans use a lot from it: “action not a bag o’ mouth”. That’s what is needed here!!!!
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Oh, Lord, there’s an outcry. The heart of the innocent, your love hears their cries!
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Amen!
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I weep with you, Dee. This is indeed heart -wrenching and your beautiful chain verse voices the concern and question which is on everyone’s mind.
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We weep together. Change is needed. Thanks for your affirmation Harshi!!
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Thanks for verbalizing what we are all feeling, Dee. There was a cry for help, lives to be saved and the police waited–for what? My heart, thoughts and prayers are with the families of those precious lives lost.
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I can’t understand it 😢😢
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So horrific. I’m glad you included their photos, although it’s sad to see their beautiful faces knowing what happened ❤ Very well-written, Dee.
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Hopefully the more their faces are shown decision- and policymakers will be forced to do something to change this trajectory
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It makes me so angry. This has to stop.
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It must because it’s getting progressively worse 🥺
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So tragic
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Heart rending 🥺😭😭😢
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🥲🥲🥲
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😞😢😭😞
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Wow. I can identify with this sentence, “The angst I’ve been feeling since the massacre of 19 children and 2 adults in their classroom 5 days ago couldn’t be verbalized till now”. Thank you for capturing my feelings so aptly.
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Sometimes it’s a universal feeling that someone else can capture for you in words. This is one of those moments 😢😭😢
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Absolutely soul shattering what had occurred in Texas and what continues to take place in this country. It’s unbelievable. My daughter is 7 years old and her school armed up with cops on property after this. So tragic.
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I know. This is not the reality that should be created for children. It’s like they’re living in a police state in what is suppose to be a democracy … 🫣😢😭🫣
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Yes and we’re not in Texas but in California. It just sucks that these precautions need to happen at all. So scary and the scariest thing is that these people are doing copycat violence. There have been several shootings in May alone.
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Sadly yes. And the killers are barely kids themselves (18 years old)!!!!
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They need help before it gets to this level. Many people’s mental health has really suffered since the pandemic. Stricter gun laws aren’t enough. We need to take mental health seriously and as a country, we really don’t. It’s still a taboo if you suffer from depression, anxiety, social anxiety, etc. Many of these young shooters have felt rejected at some point as well.
I often write about self-help stuff. I touched on some of this in my latest post published today about how being led by our ego can affect us. Feel free to check out my blog.
Hope you don’t mind I added the link here to make it easier to find. ❤
https://lilpickmeup.com/2022/05/28/subjectivity-why-creativeprofessionals-should-leave-their-ego-behind/
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Thanks so much for sharing. I’ll definitely check it out. You’re absolutely right. Mental health is not prioritized or recognized as a real health need. That must change. Mental health needs to be normalized like any physical ailment.
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I pray your daughter and all children remain safe from such tyranny and terror
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🙏💜
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☮️ 💜 🙏🏽
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