Teen-Ager’s View of Gang Violence
My world is so full of violence,
gang violence.
My cousins got shot, one here, another there.
It hurts to know
that their young lives
were ended,
ended by the thing called violence.
But it happens, every day
somebody receives pain,
all because of violence.
When will it end?
The time seems so far away.
There is violence between
individuals, gangs, cities,
states and countries.
How can it be stopped?
Is the only answer that it can’t.
Why not? Why isn’t everyone
trying?
Why? Why? Why?
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