Fitting Justice (June 15, 2016)

Please

Don't mistaken

My passivity

For acceptance

Of the Massacre.

Inside

A maelstrom of anger

And tears.

Threaten

To broil over

On the outside.

I want to punish

Those

Who unleashed

Omar Mateen

As a loaded weapon

On Sunday morning.

For teaching him

To hate himself

And the LGBT+ community

My family.

Knowing

Many straight organizations

And individuals

Must be held

Accountable.

For their words

And actions.

As part

Of the healing process

For everyone.

Therisa © 2016

Author's note: In one,  of the free Toronto morning commuter papers, Omar Mateen, was described, as a troubled young man, struggling to accept his homosexuality, with his Islamic upbringing, by his parents. For their actions, his parents have a heavy burden that they owe, to the victims, their family and the LGBT+ community, at large. One doesn't, become a killer, without being trained, to do so.