Why we March!

Triggered by greed

of power,

of money, 

we’ve allowed ourselves 

to believe 

that we stand here 

with no responsibility 

for humanity’s 

collective future. 

As long as we 

get our point across

it doesn’t matter 

even if it costs

another person’s child.

To drive home a point 

we keep trying to

hit the nail on the head

but how many 

people need to take a hit?

How many more heads

need to roll 

for our laws to change

for guns to 

outrage and be

outlawed,

but not 

outnumber

our children

our future.

Like ashes 

in our mouth

we talk about 

freedom of speech

and honor of the

first amendment.

But what about those

who had to 

bite down

on their screams?

Whose opinions 

were buried 

before they 

even had a chance

to discover 

themselves,

gone too early

they say,

just because we 

didn’t have 

the courage 

to stand up 

for our future.

We propagate 

the American Dream

but it’s time 

to wake up 

and rise up

above personal gain

because we 

need to answer 

each of our

great grandchildren 

feeling proud 

that we left behind 

a better world

than the one,

we found.