Shots that Steal Life
A normal day
Just like any other
He wakes up
parents dead
sister scared
He goes to school.
She calls a friend
who calls the cops.
School goes into lockdown,
parents are called.
He gets arrested at school,
and everyone leaves early.
The night before,
he shot his parents,
watched them die,
and went to bed.
He has been on death row ever since,
and wrote threats to his sister.
Guns may not kill people,
but violence does.
Violence leaves us to question
how a person takes the lives
of those who gave them theirs.
This poem is about:
My community