Member Poem

Maybe
In another life
Things are okay
A life where there are no worries
About violence
Or the spot in which we stand
To become our graves
Our ‘prayers’ are not enough
If there is a god
Tell me why
Why people in this world
Must worry about
Weapons that once kept us safe
Taking all feelings of safety away
Ripping it from our hands
Leaving victims with the echoes of violence
Surging through their veins
Tell me why students do not feel safe
Walking through the halls
Of which they will be in for years
Tell me why trips to the store have turned into
Paranoia
Tell me why one must worry about their life
Ending
Whilst doing the most normal of things
Our ‘prayers’ are not enough
To keep us safe
To stop others from making the life changing
Decision of ending someone else’s
Maybe in another life
Things are okay