No Elegy (Poem)

another person killed

the bullet etched by invisible hate

engraved in his own words

the walls he sought to build

failed to protect him

nor will they shield you or you or you

the guns you hold on others

will be your death

when you are falling to the ground

who will come to hold you

the bier upon which you will be laid

the branches that set afire the pyre

the smoke that rises from the flames

all these will not be noticed

the world itself is in conflagration

the mourning is too vast

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