America is not safe-

Never was

I don’t feel safe

Going to school-

Haven’t for a long time

I see the news

And I think about

How a political activist got shot

On the same day

A child shot himself

Leaving 2 maybe more in the hospital

And I don’t feel safe

Knowing that in

My country

This can happen

And it does happen

All. The. Time.

We are progressing backwards

I think we all know that

We are going

Backwards.

Theres no place for this.

Theres.

No.

Place.

For.

This.

In America-

At least-

There shouldn’t be

And yet

It is what

We are known for.

I don’t feel safe here

Or anywhere

Political violence

Is so normalized

But it is

Never

Ok.

Not because he had a wife and kids

Not because I felt sick seeing all that blood

Not because I agreed with any of the shit he said

Not because republicans will use this to condemn democrats

But because murder is murder

And we preach free speech

So if we are fighting in the streets for our own voice

We have no right to decide who’s allowed one

And who’s not.

I’m fucking angry.