Have we forgotten?

• When did we stop posting “Never Forget,”
• To commemorate those who died in 1999.
• And at what point do these sons and daughters find their way,
• Settling into the abyss of the forgotten, a lonely vignette.

• How are we able to raise our voices in protests and screams?
• When a child of god bleeds from another bullet's sting.
• A seemingly American theme;
• Yet, we still forget the names of the fallen.

• When a child of god bleeds from another bullet's sting,
• We protest and scream “Protect Kids Not Guns!”
• A seemingly American theme.
• So, when did their names begin to slip away?

• As we protest and scream “Protect Kids Not Guns”
• And chant “Remember the Names,”
• Have their names already slipped away?
• 201 vibrant futures snuffed out by the malevolent bullets of 249 guns.

• Saving weapons instead of lives, we chant “Remember the Names.”
• Remember the 26 sons and daughters who died in 2012.
• Twenty-six victims of Sandy Hook, eyes shut by a malevolent bullet.
• Can't you recall the stunted lives of little Charlotte Bacon or Daniel Barden?

• We've grown silent about the things that matter;
• Instead we focus on the beauty we can see.
• And forget about the things that cause our hearts to shatter.
• Haunted by fear for our future and pain from our past.

• Ignorance blinds us, disguised as optimism.
• So as we look on the bright side,
• While living in a country plagued with gun-related deaths,
• We write in history, “Another child has fallen.”