What Would Your Mother Say?

I held you all night as you cried

I could only offer apologetic words in the wake of horrific acts

That I had no power to control

I wish I could stop their hearts

I wish I could end the lives of those who crossed lines to which there is no return

Who believed they were owed something they did not deserve

I’m ashamed

I hold so much resentment for a group I no longer want to be a part of

This isn’t the first time I felt the need to atone for sins I did not commit

it certainly won’t be the last

I will carry this weight for as long I walk this earth

But it will never be enough

to fix the trail of broken souls left by man’s selfishness

- M. Alexander