Sticks and stones
May break my bones
But names
Will never hurt me.
Old English speaking saying
I wish true
But isn't.
Many people carry
Distance echoes
Toxic slurs
Scarring souls.
Elusive poison
Never truly neutralize.
Regardless
Educational programs
Or money spent.
Hate inspired actions
Society’s fringed elements
Through spoken/written words
Selected targets.
Crossing boundaries
Political religious sexual
Or gender orientation
And ethnicity.
We're all targets.
Hate-physical energy
Can taste/feel
With all senses
Leaving tears behind
Asking why.
Shrouded bodies
Permanently removed
From life.
Falling back
Upon tired cliche
“Never again.”
What point
Do we realize
Lipserve isn't enough.
Forgotten numerous times
Words spoken
At memorials funerals
And public inquiries.
Wiping away
Frustrated tears
People killed
Too soon.
Cycle renews itself.
Therisa © 2018
Author’s note: How many more people must die, before governments and NGOs (NRA) take concrete action, to end this horrific slaughter of innocent people. Do we need another Holocaust, before serious attention is given to this? Heavens help us, if this needs to occur.
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