Writing About Dead Children
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I refuse to write about dead children.
I can’t write about dead children.
I don’t want to write about dead children.
I’m heartbroken when I attempt to write about dead children.
Why are there always more dead children?
I still refuse to accept that I should write about dead children.
I still can’t write about dead children.
I still don’t want to write about dead children.
I’m too furious to write about dead children.
When will I stop thinking about dead children?
Maybe the way to stop is to write about dead children,
but my pen cannot bring them back to life.
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Powerful and moving
Thank you, Wendy. I’ve been struggling to get through any other writing. The senseless violence overwhelms my mind. I appreciate that you took the time to read this. Thank you.
In some of my poems, I’ve written about guns … but I can’t write about dead children.
Absolutely. My heart just keeps breaking.
My heart breaks with yours. Tears and more tears. All this madness can end. With LOVE and LOVE alone.
Thank you, don. <3
Felt, as ever.
I had to come at it sideways in my earlier poem this month, too.
You captured the abhorrent nature of it and the empaths aversion so well. And you got it written. 👏🏼
Many thanks to you. I appreciate that you read this. Your responses, especially to this one, mean so much to me.