I can't sleep
I'm not at peace
my eyes are wide open
my heart has a hole in it
the feeling in my stomach is disgusting
my catastrophizing mind is unresting
"I have to get to bed at a decent hour"
but now I lay under my sheets & cower
none of this feels real
people bomb, shoot, & steal
that explosion was huge
some reactions were crude
you're not making a point
you're destroying lives
it is very unfair
there is so much awful terror
who do you think you are?
to corrupt a child's oblivious mind
so many people are crying
who gave you permission
to take that man's life?
did you stop to think about his wife?
people are trying to sleep,
why are you out firing guns like you're herding sheep?
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
causing us to live in fear?
we've got our own lives to steer
leave us alone
for you gain nothing
except infinite hatred
and long term suffering
those who kill deserve to be killed
and I have no sympathy
stop taking innocent lives
and let's return to the lively, peaceful symphony