stop these guns..these terrible weapons,
silence these unnerving sounds
such senseless, sinful violence,
in a world, where only hate abounds,
day after day........
news of death and destruction,
innocent lives snuffed out
is it really Gods instruction?
what has man sunk to?
where has the humanity in us gone?
where are kindness and love?
when will it be a new dawn?
when will it all abate?
this hate, this lust for power, this bloodlust
innocent lives lost in a trifle.. isnt it totally unjust?
I weep silent tears for those gone
I weep even more for those left behind
I weep for their lost, bright hopeful, futures
I weep, because even God seems unkind
someones son, daughter, brother or wife,
to be senslessly deprived of a long happy life
how long will it take for those wounds to heal?
how long will it take for those numb....to feel?
some questions have no answers and we can only pray
God bless them, give them solace day to day
let some order enter this chaotic, despondent world,
show them some light, guide them the right way.
Deafening gunshots, left behind deafening silence
rising materialism is giving rise to only violence
stop these guns..these bombs... these killer tools
stop this viloence, or there will only be blood in pools
we were meant to better ourselves, and spiritually evolve
lets spread kindness, happiness, and love, a new resolve
lets work for a better world in our own small way
lets pray for a brighter future, and a peaceful day.
Arti Chopra
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/deafening-gunshots/
