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Headstall's Reflections - 87. The Scourge: Can You Hear It?
The Scourge—Can You Hear It?
I close my eyes to escape the vilest of scenes
Squeezing them tight against the scald of tears
I cover my ears to soften the imagined barrage
And the incessant noise of our inhumanity
I bite my tongue so naught slips past my lips
Like raging thoughts not wanting to be stayed
Alas, nothing muffles the insane madness
As barriers inevitably drop against the horror
Of victims bleeding out in cheery classrooms
Amid construction paper and scattered crayons
While I morbidly watch and listen and scream
At the mass stupidity of empty-headed puppets
There is no turning to faith or religion for respite
For their flaws are being exposed like never before
Weaponized by power seekers in unholy alliance
Leaving all those marginalized as disdained fodder
In a world bent on its own gleeful destruction
Willing to risk freedom as long as hate has its outlet
While determined to control bodies not their own
In god we trust? Whose god? The ones corrupted by men?
Fashioned to suit purposes beyond comprehension?
Pray tell... for I see no answers on this glorious day
Where sunshine doesn't warm, nor windsong soothe
As each day becomes the next… and the next
And through it all, I hear the deathly silence of the children
Can you hear it? The giggles that should be? The joy unfulfilled?
The squeak of sneakers running down a hallway?
Remembering them… it’s all there is... all that's left
As each tragedy becomes the next
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