• We have to stop killing each other.
• We have to stop believing that killing each other solves anything.
• We have to realize that anger unfocused only makes things worse.
• Are things any better because these husbands, fathers and war veterans are now dead?
• If you find these deaths cause to celebrate, what does that say about you?
• How does protesting an unjust death by committing an unjust murder make things right?
• Is this some kind of competition, where the only goal is the even the score?
• Whose wounds are now healed because of this?
• When did we stop valuing all lives?
• How did we get to this place?
• How do we get out of this place?

If you want to read about the fallen officers you can here and here.

Or share your story via Twitter #bluestories

Please pray for the police officers and their families and everyone impacted…

This is my contribution to the wonderful collaboration of poets around the globe, the brainchild of Michael from The Poetry Channel, and hosted by our dear Neha of Forgotten Meadows.  Please consider adding to this beautiful piece of work by clicking HERE and posting your poem in the comments. 🙂

It takes only a moment, to be kind

When human hearts, seek to find

The warmth of a smile, a cheerful face

Love and happiness, without a trace

Of hopelessness or mere despair

We, as one, must show we care

By lending hands to those who need

And stopping those who intercede

As brothers and sisters, together we stand

And Peace must reign o’er the lands

Poem & Photo ©2016 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved

​The wild dogs run,

Through the prairies -

And sanctums of my mind.

Finding refuge, building dens,

In this sepulchre,

Where I thought I’d laid -

Many things to rest.

These dogs dig up old bones,

That I thought I’d buried deep -

Bringing them to the surface,

As if they are some –

Forgotten Treasure.

And when placed together,

They build the frame,

Of the man I am today.

Today I run with the wild dogs,

At peace -

In the fiery prairies of my mind.

Kevin Brown © 16.07.2016