There is pain in the world,
Everywhere I look
People running, people crying
Over many lives took.
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
Shocked faces, ruined lives
Over and over again
Soon things will quiet done,
And then begin again.
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
Scary lives, end in loss
And the pain just grows larger
When dusk falls, all they say is,
“You are in our thoughts and prayers.”
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
I am angry, and I grieve
Because too many children have lost their lives
And to politicize is to equivalize
Their deaths with money losses
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
When did we value money over people?
How can one be in good conscience,
When they sell their souls, to the highest bidder
And claim that God dictates it?
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
I hate money, I hate the gun
Because of these
More blood is shed
And ending it all in another day done.
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
Valentine’s Day, also the beginning of Lent
And the children will never forget
The horrors bequeathed on them
And the injustice of it all.
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
We live by the gun,
We die by the gun,
But it is not us who die,
But those who just wanted to live.
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
And the pain of it all,
What drives someone to this?
Perhaps turned down,
But most certainly failed by our system.
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
We celebrate love,
We celebrate Jesus,
But children are dead
Can God ever forgive us?
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
We failed our children,
We betrayed our neighbor
Who cares about money,
But those for whom it is their idol.
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
I am angry, I am mad
This could have been prevented,
But those who claim to love life,
Also are to blame for ending it.
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
I try not to hate,
I try to reach out in love
To understand, to empathize,
That should make us human.
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
Thoughts and prayers are great,
But empty like the barrel of the gun
Reloaded, and fired
But never is anything done.
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
I do not know his motivations,
What led him to take their lives
But he is as much to blame
As the fathers of our society.
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
I will cry tonight, most certainly
I will weep for all the loss,
And I may forgive, but I will never forget,
All the empty words and promises.
How many more have to die?
How many more mothers have to lay their babies down?
When are people going to care,
And do something about the problem?
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