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A Poem On Gun Violence

May 16, 2023
By angelstone25 BRONZE, Nevada, Missouri
angelstone25 BRONZE, Nevada, Missouri
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Red and blue lights, sirens fill the air

Hyde Park St. Louis Missouri is now filled with despair

No one understands, “How could this be fair?”

This is going to be a hard affair. 


Its almost 2 am, when the gunshots fill the silence

Aaliayh Gillom lays on the street lifeless

Why would someone not treat her with Kindness?

Her life was priceless


I reread the text multiple times

I feel my heart rate incline

I should have suspected because st.louis is filled with heartless crimes

It's been named the most dangerous city for quite some time


I make a phone call to break the news

I know kirahs going to blow a fuse

I have to tell her that Jay B sadly didn't make a breakthrough

Being shot up is way to Taboo.


I can't help but cry

We've all agreed it's going to be hard to say goodbye. 

I've used all my tears and now my eyes are bone-dry

No one will ever be able to convince me that this was justified

The shooters, I hope, will be vilified

All because they decided to light her up, as if it was the fourth of july

I know she will always be by my side, fly high 


Just barely past 18 years old

Her story definitely won't go untold

Kids being killed by gun violence is getting real old

People get away with murder just with a simple scold

The threw us all down in the dirt with a blindfold

These people seem to be getting really bold


I know she didn't deserve to be shot

The people that did it probably think they are such a hot-shot

I hope if they go to prison, they will rot

I miss hanging out with her in the parking lot


She had a kind heart

Even from the start she was a sweetheart

I'm so very sad she had to depart

It's breaking me in half that we are now so far apart

I wish she could have gotten out of the hood

She just couldn't detach from her neighborhood

In the end that's probably what killed her for good

If I would have known then what I know now, Then I would have been as kind as I could

And to JayB I'm sorry I couldn't be your Robin Hood


May your heart rest in peace

We will continue to fight for justice, even though you're deceased

I hope you will be a big piece

In this puzzle for guns usage to be ceased


Sunday May 7th, a day for us to remember

The day you sadly went down in surrender

My heart burns like an overly hot ember

I'm sorry those people couldn't control their temper


We all know it was murder

I'm not excited for the morgue to return her

Not waking up, a broken record, or a detached converter 

I know Mariah's sad, i'm trying to reassure her

I am so tired of hearing people murmur


I'm sorry you didn't wake to see the sun

But rather saw the barrel of a gun

There wasn't anywhere you could run

I just thought you should know, the death total was not one

But rather multiple teenage girls lives had been undone

I guess our fight for you has just begun


I hope you didn't feel to much hurt

The red blood inside of you, now on your shirt

We all wish you made it through unhurt

Your blood now forever staining the dirt

I know you like Juice world so I hope you enjoy the concert


The author's comments:

My friend was shot and killed and I feel the need to express my emotions and perspective on it. This is my way of grieving/ letting my anger out for her and her shooters. 


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