Summer Guns

The summer is fast approaching and with the heat comes craziness. Who wants to stay in the house? Pure laziness. But is it worth risking your life and safety? I don’t want to see another one of my friends or family members laying on the hot concrete, only for someone to say I don’t know what went on and I definitely don’t want that to be me. What do you do when there’s nowhere to run; everywhere you turn you’re staring down the barrel of their guns? When everyone thinks it’s ok to fight what do you do? Why can’t people put down their weapons and fight for things that matter? What about our education or the fact that businesses keep closing? What about the abandoned homes on our streets, but homeless families on our corners? I wish people would be more passionate about fighting for these things instead of fighting because someone said the wrong thing to them. But no matter what I say I know I’ll be hearing gun shots ringing. Old women singing, at funerals of their grandchildren. Truth is I’ll lose more friends, leaving my mood as blue as the summer sky. The summer should be fun but for some it will bring another year of grief and tears.