the hallways

are flooded

with tears

that come

from the mourning

of one of our own

two gunshots

from a officer

into this boy who only

knew thirteen years

of a world

that is so cold

what happened to america?

what happened to

the united

in the states?

why cant we turn on the tv

without hearing

about violence

that lurks our streets

swifter then

anything known to man

preying on the vulnerable

what happened to the world?

when did we gain the power

to destroy people

with a click of a mouse?

when did the flood

of never ending tears start?

every pair of eyes

that we look in

holds a reminder

of how alone

we are in this world

why did the man

who burned our church

to the ground

smile in the newspaper?

when did people

stop going to school

in fear of getting killed?

when did apple

become the best

drug snorting

surface around?

why cant we all realize that

life

is not going to change

by itself?

When are we going to be

greater

then ourselves?