Stop! Please!

A Poem of Sorts.

Photo by Hailey Kean on Unsplash

It all needs to stop
The noise is too much
the constant picking nagging noise
of millions of discordant voices
all screaming,
Look at me.

I need it all to stop,
the war,
the balloon,
the politics,
that attempt to define,
the thing that should be
the easiest to define
Truth

I need it,
to stop.
It’s all too much.
Not forever,
just for a day.

Can we pretend that we live in a world,
where people are valued,
because they are people?

Just for a day, can we let children be children,
not pawns in a battle of ideology,
paraded around,
some with guns in hand,
while others,
are being slaughtered in schools,
parking lots,
and suburban blocks,
with those
same tools?