Shot Rings Out

Book Excerpt from There Is Sunshine After The Rain


 A Shot Rings Out

 As I walk down the street A shot rings out
 A scream is heard
 Another life is lost
 A mother’s child is gone 
There are protests
 Black Lives Matter
 Blue Lives Matter 
All Lives Matter 
All I know is a child is gone 
A gun is in the wrong hands 
Someone didn’t value a life 
Someone walked into a sacred place 
Took aim at the saints 
One by one their souls escaped
 A shot rings out 
 Everyone is running 
Someone is trampled
 Someone just wants to go to the club with their friends 
Someone just wanted to walk down the street 
Someone just wanted to make it home
 A Shot Rings Out!!!!

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Patricia A. Saunders
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