BOOKS
You Wrote It
Read this original: "It's just a number?"
countless
deaths, meaningless to
the people in front
of a screen
to them, it's just a Number;
9, 10, 15, 100
each their own life
but ended because of
a bullet, a knife
fires
tears in their eyes
babies wrapped
in towels
fear
we're safe here
only not really
who knows
what act of violence
will occur today
we can only hope
pray
for others, for each other
and spill water
into the fires
that burn throughout the
world
and me
this paper
others, their voice
can help