Gunflower Seeds

The signs were there in the words they said
A day that will be remembered forever
Yet we wonder why
What was it that drove them?
Why can't we answer this?
Was it isolation or mental illness?
No one takes responsibility for themselves
So we keep pointing fingers
Knowing it'll happen again

Sticks and stones may break bones
But words can drive minds
Whose arms raise guns
Thoughts and actions are intertwined
Forever in denial
We pass around the bucket of blame
To fill it up with
It's never us, it's always them
No one takes responsibility for themselves
Vicious circles will be drawn again

When you sow them bullets
Know a massacre is what you'll reap
If you can't raise them properly
They shouldn't be yours to keep
We can't bring back these thirteen
But maybe we can save some more
From ending up like this
Lying cold on the floor
Lose a battle but win the war