Before We Burnout

                                           Before We Burnout

We are tired.

Tired of hearing about another mass shooting.
Tired of seeing that list grow and grow and grow.
Tired of our children going through school shooting drills.
Tired of it being necessary to explain school shootings at all.
Tired of America putting all of that on our teachers’ shoulders. 
Tired of this being a uniquely American problem. 
Tired of the politicians offering platitudes and not policies.
Tired of their solutions to arm and armor up.
Tired of the solutions to symptoms and not to sickness. 
Tired of no one doing anything to address our mental health crisis.
Tired of no one doing anything about our escalating gun violence.
Tired of no one doing anything about better social safety nets.
Tired of screaming all of this into the void. 
Tired of the void only blinking back. 
Tired of all the gun worship.
Tired of lobbyists having more pull than piles of dead bodies.
Tired of politicians not standing up and standing out. 
Tired of all their promises that forever fizzle out. 
Tired of all the people who will not give an inch, for fear of the mile. 
Tired of wondering when the next shooting will happen.
Tired of waiting and waiting for that shoe to drop. 
Tired of fearing our loved ones will be there when it does. 
Tired of the whole absurd tragedy, being played out, again and again and again.


We should be angry. 

Angry over all the lives lost. 

Angry over nothing ever being done

Angry for the whole absurd tragedy, being played out, again and again and again.
We need to be angry.

Angry all the way to the polls.

05/26/22
M. L. Michael 

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