Fallen World

We live in a fallen world,
and the innocent are killed,
and the dead are objectified
and the killer immortalized.

Where children become victims,
and news stations use them,
and increase their audience,
and offer their condolence.

Where corporations advertise,
and lives are eulogized,
and loss is emphasized,
and solutions criticized.

Where terrible things
happen to wonderful people,
and wonderful things
happen to terrible people.

Where justice wears a blindfold,
but the people do too
and they do what they do
because they do what they are told.

Where we have become
deaf to their cries
and lies lie lies
and the vulnerable we despise.

Where hope becomes an amendment,
where loss becomes an amendment,
where fear becomes an amendment,
where anger becomes an amendment

We live in a fallen world,
where the rain falls on the just
and on the unjust alike.
What harvest it brings forth
is UP TO US.

This is the truth

reply to post by RivingtonRebel


Thank you for your comment. People are probably reaching saturation point regarding Sandy Hook. I probably am as well. I just needed to get it out.