The Weight Of Tears Poem by Barry Middleton

I cannot find the anger
I am crushed by the sadness
another senseless shooting in America
another bombing in a far off land

I grew up with terror in Mississippi
another murder
another bombing
another church burning

not at my doorstep
not as I picked up my newspaper
no death at my church
but neither retribution from my god

I grew up with racial wars
with the war in Vietnam
the martyrdom of saviors*
the hatred of the ghostly mob**

now I am numb to death
in my grief is hopelessness
I cannot find the anger
I am crushed by a weight of tears
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*Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. ** The KKK.