lives
need opening
room to breathe

silent no more, in
the streets, witnesses we are
citizens, we are

citizens, we ask
for truth, justice, a way: the
way that was promised

that was promised in
all those lofty words:  where is
the living of them?

the living has become
the dying, dying, fathers
mothers daughters sons

we are

I looked back at my post from December 2016 and realized, like my repeated reblogs of earlier words and images after each new mass shooting, there is little new to add to these images and words.

Our world, our country, our communities, are caught in a tape loop of unaddressed violence, injustice, unkept promises, fear, abandonment, poverty, chaos, greed, and despair. We need a lot more than thoughts, prayers, and tweets from our leaders to build a better world.