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Saturday, June 29, 2013

28 Pieces

Written months ago, but never posted... I wrote this after the school shooting in CT, and everyone was asking 'where was God'? Well...this was my opinion. Take it or leave it.




 28 Pieces

“No,” I urged softly
“Please don’t lie.”
He hesitated, but powered on anyway
“No, mama, I didn’t touch it.”
And a few pieces of my heart fell to the floor

A few years later he’s at school,
Telling stories so the boys think he’s cool
“Shh,” I whispered, “That’s mean, don’t repeat it.”
And he didn’t hesitate, he just spit it out.
And a few pieces of my heart fell to the floor.

Now he’s in high school,
Yelling at his mom, sneaking a smoke now and then,
“You know this is wrong,” I said,  “Please stop.”
He sucked in a deep breath and dissed his mom again
And a few pieces of my heart fell to the floor.

Soon he’s graduated and moved on
He says he’s all grown up now
And doesn’t need me anymore
I beg him to let me help, and to invite me on his journey
But a few more pieces of my heart fall to the floor

He grabs the gun and slides the bullets in
I cry, yelling over the wall he’s built
“PLEASE! Don’t do this! I can help you!”
But he walks away, breaks into a school and takes lives
In all, twenty-eight pieces of my heart on the floor.

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