A Shame to Humanity[1]!

 

Rhyme & Reason

 

 

Gun shots thundered

Volleyed and plundered

 

A healer of wounds

Wounded to death

 

His budding son

Deprived of breath

 

The star of his dreams

Destined to shine

 

This innocent soul

What was his crime?

 

A wanton barbarity

A shame to humanity

 

Brutal and ruthless

Callous and merciless

 

O sympathy thou art fled

When father and son bled

 

The heavens trembled

The earth shuddered

 

Dire and dreadful

Horrific and horrible

 

O sight hideous!

O spectacle atrocious!

 

Anguish and agony

Pain and misery

 

Grief and suffering

Woe and mourning

 

Eyes have become sore

Hearts can bear no more

 

The message of religion

They have failed to find

 

Killing a human being

Is killing mankind!

 

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