The church bells toll
Another mother soaked in tears
Another child gone too soon
A shot rang out in the dark
No one heard, no one saw
Just an unnamed face on an urban street
Victim of the violence that thins the herd
Taking a precious piece of our future with it
Cries drowned out with claims of infringement
What then is their answer
Do nothing
An eye for an eye
A gun for more guns
Their solutions absurd
Do we not live in a civilized age
This screams for a change of culture
Banishing hopelessness and despair
Curing symptoms not the disease
With reassurance and help
The offer of a hand when times are tough
Lip service pays them no homage
Hate and mistrust are it’s only spawn
Action in word and deed the only vaccine
Not changing with the times breeds failure
Failure of us all
Failure of the Grand Experiment
~
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Dom DiFrancesco 
One sad reality of the many in this world.
Very true. I wrote this one over a year ago and finally decided to post it. It was written in response to the shootings that occur almost daily in Chicago and many other places around our country. I suppose that this is just as relevant now as it was then.
Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
AND THE PEOPLE WHO STARTED THE EXPERIMENT DON’T CARE ABOUT THE “RATS” UNDER THEIR CONTROL.
Thank you so much for the re-blog Jonathan and how very true, those in control don’t care about those under their control. Seems very wrong to me.