'294, PLUS OR MINUS, SHOT DOWN'

‘295, plus or minus, shot down’                                   timothy r gates7/19/2014
Memory eternal. Mercy. Namaste. Love.

295, plus or minus, shot down.
someone thought they should die
someone thought they should shoot
someone thought they should murder -
Oops, the someone probably uses the word, “kill,"
like this means shit to those left to mourn.
Ukraine and Russia?
same shit.
Israel and Palestine?
more of the same shit.
"Let's get the bad guys/gals!"
so we are rallied by Governments and media pools.
What do they all forget to mention?
the "good guys/gals" and "bad ones" do the same thing:
"KILL THE ENEMY AT ALL COSTS!"
children, and innocents in the way, matters not.
......pause.....stop.....listen......
behind the safety of our homes,
nearly behind dead silence,
in a few large metropolitan cities,
still through various coy euphemisms
still through clouded eyes
still through "enter at your own risk" ripped signs -
also hidden behind well-crafted growth --
at least 295 people were killed, again_____________________________
Lord have mercy. Love's memory. Blessings.