Shots echo.
Not many.
Just enough.
Congress votes down
new gun law.
Children dead –
six year olds
remebered from Sandy Hook.
Once smiling faces
not enough to move
men and women
in big boy
and big girl suits.
Yesterday, an armed man
threatens the school
where I used to
substitute.
The police got him
before he ever arrived.
Blue strobes of light
flash around a house
and a boat with a man.
No answers as to why.
Explosion,
Texas,
Clover.
Why?
A lot happened this week. More than words can express. In fact, I could not find words to express how I felt about what happened in Boston, the Senate, Texas and at a school where I used to substitute teach. The moment I found out I thought of Sandy Hook and September 11, 2001.
Journalists are busy right now. They will answer the who, what, when and where.
The why is harder.
Why would someone set off bombs?
Why would someone limit certain people access to guns?
Why are innocent people killed?
Why are children killed?
There is no certain answer.
Only this:
We, the writers, compose to explore the why.
By Rebecca T. Dickinson
Thoughts, prayers and love for Texas, Boston and Clover High
Corrie's Season 
Great post. There are too many things going on in the world that we seem powerless to change. You rely on your politicians to sort things out. Often they let us down.
It was a week I am sure won’t be forgotten. Too much happened. Thank you, Pete! ~ Rebecca
Very thought-provoking. The WHY is what we need to know. Thank you for sharing this Rebecca. God bless you. Hope you are well and safe. #Prayers for #Boston.