Saturday, February 2, 2019

I May Die but I Will Not Kill to Stop the Killing


I awoke to this rhythm between 4:00 and 5:00 am February 2, 2019

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From capital punishment
To casual abortion

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From DWI
To driving while Black

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From gang violence
To police brutality

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From ethnic hate
To religious fear

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From defeating despots
To defending democracy

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From mass shootings
To mass bombings

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From guns on the street
To guns in the home

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From stopping a crime
To defending a victim

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From street drugs
To prescription abuse

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From domestic violence
To verbal abuse

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From political power
To business profits

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From war presumed just
To war of conquest

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing

From con artists
To sexual predators

I may die
But I will not kill
To stop the killing





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