If You Want It
I'm getting tired already of all the "Pray for the little angels" and "Share this candle for the lost souls" and "Wear green and white on Monday for Sandy Hook School" posts all over FB.
REALLY? I know it is all very well intentioned by people who are genuinely moved, but is that ALL you are going to do?
Yet another group of innocent children was gunned down and the best you can offer is to post a f**king candle or send the school a card??? You can't call anybody, petition your government, join an activist group, write to the editor of your paper?
I guess you want the world to know terribly sad you are that it happened, but… you're not sad enough to try to do ANYthing to try to keep it from happening again.
When you look at the number of assault weapons infecting this nation, and the misplaced passion for "a well-regulated militia" that has people with entire garages full of ammunition screaming at us that we're un-America, it may seem an insurmountable task to try to turn back.
But other nations have done it, have begun to achieve real change, and the results are showing in lower body counts. And it enough people really WANT it, care more than just posting a picture of a candle and then waiting for the next tragedy… we can begin to shift the tide in America too.
But we have to actually try.
Tracy Meisky is a poet, writer, singer, songwriter and all-around boat rocker from way back. Feel free to look around, but if you break it, you bought it.