No use in needless wishes
Hoping for divine justice,
Children are still slaughtered
With deadly force unleashed.
Rampant evil besmirches
The path of innocence,
Empty words of strength
From a hovering presence.
Churches burn with rage
As the lord stands idle,
For their prayers fall on deaf ears
Like stones against steel.
The crowd stands in horror
As the sights and sounds ring,
Of the silent deaths of youth,
And those about to begin.
Bodies laid to waste
Deserving of a much better fate,
The emotion steeled
As mourners brace for the crate.
No action by the maker
In the hour of greatest despair,
Those still living helpless
Being truly aware.
©jamielong
J