Such pain and loss,
We all can feel.
So much suffering,
It seems unreal.
Stabbings, shootings,
Bombings and more;
We are shaken
To the very core.
It is not bombs,
Nor guns and knives,
But it is people,
Taking others' lives.
There's hate in this world;
People sometimes kill.
Their desire is to
Do their own will.
"More gun control",
Is today's cry.
No matter the laws,
People still will die.
What this world needs
Is a change of heart;
When God's love prevails,
Evil will depart.
Hear the message
Of a good Preacher:
Repent; trust Christ,
Our greatest Teacher.
God in Heaven,
We humbly pray.
Touch people's lives;
Change hearts today.
This poem was a finalist in the
February 2018 poetry contest