They took their prayers and made them visible
a million bright flags of silken wishes
of course the lost children came through
angry wanting to be seen too
wanting to be heard
eager to be acknowledged
in a flurrious fury of winds
they lifted splintery roofs
overturned school buses
grown ups scurried to reclaim the pieces
marked themselves safe
some howled in defeat
thrusting flowers into gun barrels
there was silent laughter
somewhere
in the profound despair
#NaPoWriMo
#endgunviolencetogether
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