BULLET:

GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE; PEOPLE DO! I have yet to understand the logic behind that conclusion other than to rationalize a right to carry a weapon openly and defiantly of the safety of others. So be it, just don't pretend it doesn't set others on edge that have not the inclination to carry knowing there is no need for it at present, though soon it may be as every tom, dick and harry that is scared of their own shadow feels the need to carry. May be it isn't even the gun that sets folks on edge as it is the BULLET that carries the ultimate judgement on whether a person lives or dies!

A clicking empty chamber of a gun can't hurt you! It's the BULLET! But...

It's not even the bullet, is it? It's an individuals decision to take judgement on a situation that decides an outcome. I heard a neighbor one day this May who stepped outside to shoot off a gun that sounded most like a cannon than anything else and it evoked this poem in its loud accusation to the night:

I heard your gun last night!

You fired off your anger!

A warning into the night,

my name anonymous written on the explosion of your unspoken threat!

A promise..

..unspoken to the few and the demons that possess you!

To me,

..to whatever you deem control-able,

....or maybe beyond your control!

Shall I fear my death?

Your reprisal?

..more than the denunciation of a life..

..reduced to cowering inside four walls

hoping you don't hear us?

..hear me? Or..

Shall I ride your anger?

..your hatred of life?

....of yourself?

......of me?

Shall I surf the waves of animosity?

...venting out your skin like watching heat waves from the sun beating on black pavement?

..an odor of passive-aggresive malice

wafting like a dark nimbus round your body like a shield!

Shall I ride above the fray?

..of your frayed character?

..for my children,

...for my life?

Remember..

Only a bullet lovingly coated with hate can stop time!

peace