"The End?"

[similiesslip]

"The End?"

Deep in the ground

Hands unmarked by struggle

You never had the chance to stop

Stop the bullet,

Stop the death

Stop the ending of your dreams.

Your name heads every news page

Within your face, we see our own prejudice.

We realize we haven’t been as color-blind

As we profess to be.

We see a nation still torn

Who trusts skin rather than the hearts of

Comments

[michikatinski]

<3 <3 <3

This is so sad, and captures the larger sadness of it so well. Thank you for writing this.

[similiesslip]

I think we should remember it is both. This case speaks to our nation but it's also a very personal loss of two parents who loved a child.

Thanks for responding. You are the first to read it and I'm glad it did communicate (sometimes what I write doesn't say things clearly).

[michikatinski]

<3 You are a wonderful lady with one powerful voice. Hope you know that.

[beautyofgrey]

<3

[similiesslip]

Love to you and yours too. You are often in my thoughts.

[whipchick]

The stanza where the parents name him is utterly heartbreaking.

[medleymisty]

I really liked this. It's simple and full of dignity.

[ecosopher]

I keep waiting for something to happen about this, and nothing seems to. Perhaps it's because I'm far away and only get filtered news about it? It makes me sad and angry, mostly because it seems that all people are doing is talking about the race issue and nobody is talking about the guns. And I guess that is perhaps what makes me saddest of all - because that won't change, not anytime soon.