Shootings and Suicides

We are so blinded,

By the storms of our own sorrows,

That we often forget those,

Who give up their tommorows,

Because they cannot face another day.

We are so stuck,

In the anguish coating out hearts,

That we often forget those,

Who carry indelible scars,

Made by weapons greater than any turned on us.

We may have experienced misery,

And the pain cannot be washed away,

But what about all the others,

Who suffer in silence every single day,

Their problems deeper than ours ever were?

We are consumed by our own complications,

Though most are relatively petty

And while some problems are real issues,

Most cannot compare to the misery,

That lead youth to give up their futures.

We have seen the recent increase,

In school shootings and suicides,

It is not in the least humane,

To continue to turn a blind eye,

Because we feel other things demand attention.

We say that we take precautions,

But protocol does not do much good,

When children give up their will to live,

Because there is nothing they feel they can do,

Except kill.

We are already wrecking our planet,

Our environmental future is uncertain.

Must we also destroy our hopes,

By watching as adolescents,

Across the world are hurt.

We understand that pain is a part of life,

And that everyone must experience it,

Sometimes, however, we forget to remember,

That there is more to life than "perfect"

However one defines that term.

We should take the time to figure,

That we are all humans,

And that, as a part of nature,

We are built on imperfections,

And these are what allow us to innovate,

Create wonderful inventions,

And that, no matter how stressful it seems,

There is a brighter time ahead for children,

If both parents and peers help them.

This is in light of the increasing student suicides in India and the recent school shooting in America :(it seems like there are at least two a year, now): It is not just the adults who are shocked by these events. Such events profoundly disturbs many teenagers, as well.