moments of silence
commemorating the dead
kneeling silently
to send our thoughts and prayers
silent bows of surrender
Once again … twelve more murders to add to our list of shame. Twelve more people gone because our so-called leaders refuse to stand up to the NRA. Twelve more deaths that will be met with the useless platitudes. Twelve more families to add to the seemingly unending list. Twelve more ….
Thanks to Linda’s SoCS prompt for giving me a forum for my silent screaming.
Tina Stewart Brakebill 
Oh wow, this si so powerful! Thanks for saying this. I’m already for gun control, but I hope your message reaches at least one person who may need to be convinced.
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Thanks. I feel like we’re all just screaming into wind and no one hears us.
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Yeah, I can understand you feel like that. But if we stop screaming, we’re cert ain no change will happen.
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Right you are! So I’ll keep screaming.
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so hard to understand.
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Honestly, they asked for prayer intentions at church on Sunday and I couldn’t even bring myself to say this out loud. Plenty of prayers in my heart but I cannot hear even one more time “thoughts and prayers” without *something* being done. 💛
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I know. It feels like we’re stuck inside a nightmare that just keeps repeating. You tell yourself to WAKE UP! But no matter how hard you try, you’re stuck.
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