<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a class="nocolor fn" href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/15523202-Poem-about-gun-control-by-Emsgarden" rel="nofollow" style="caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 23px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(141, 56, 0); text-decoration: none;">Poem about gun control</a><div><div>by Andrew Everstine</div><div><br></div><div>Innocent lives are taken away </div><div>Innocent lives are treated like prey. </div><div>Except this prey is not killed to be food </div><div>This prey is not supposed to be chewed, </div><div>It is killed simply because someone has a feud. </div><div>A feud within themselves, a feud that doesn’t </div><div>make much sense. </div><div><br></div><div>This is the sad reality we live in today. </div><div>People killing to make a statement, </div><div>People willing to go that far. </div><div>Make others hurt, get blood on their shirts </div><div>Instead of speaking with words. </div><div>I suppose it is easier if you have a gun </div><div>Aim, shoot and get it done. </div><div><br></div><div>We need stricter rules </div><div>Unless you want more schools, </div><div>ending up in sorrow. </div><div>Tears dripping down the cheeks, </div><div>People not being able to scream. </div><div>Another week has gone by </div><div>and fourteen students had to die. </div><div><br></div><div>Maybe it’s hard to imagine, </div><div>But if you were in the same situation, </div><div>you would be furious at the nation. </div><div>For letting something so scandalous happen. </div><div>For letting your loved ones go too soon, </div><div>an early Monday morning in June.</div></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></body></html>