By Mike Murphy
© 2007 All Rights Reserved.
I wrote this after the April 16th, 2007 Virginia Tech shootings. Just my thoughts at the time after turning on my television and seeing it. Shame on society, I was thinking, and the utter blindness...
there's a war goin' on at home,
there's killin' in the streets,
no it ain't just over in Iraq,
it's right below your feet.
your t.v. shows the battles waged,
the pain, the hurt, the tears,
there's no safe place to hide from this rage,
no one's felt safe for years.
no love of God, no fear of pain,
that concept's slipped our hands,
shall it ever be the same,
or has it vanished to the sand.
yes there's a war going on at home,
and you'd think that we're all blind,
everyone wants to act like a convict,
but no one wants to do the time.
so don't hide your head in such denial,
to think you're not affected,
teach your kids to love again,
and not feel so rejected.
where has our social skills all gone,
technology rules our tongues,
we've lost all humanility,
and there's a war going on at home.
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