Life

Somewhere there's a hand, a hand that should be used for giving pounds or shaking other hands, but instead it is holding a gun. Somewhere there's a man, a man that should be fixing the fence in his backyard or playing catch with his kids, but instead he is standing in front of that gun. Somewhere there's a phone, a phone that has somebody's family on the other end of it and should in fact be getting answered, but instead it just keeps ringing. And I can't help but ask myself why does the hand, the gun, the man, and the phone all have to be connected? But they are, so many times they are connected and I think maybe the world is worse off because of it. Because that hand that is holding that gun doesn't get a do over. And that phone that is ringing for that man has people depending on him on the other end of it. This is not my story, but it could be. It could be anybody's story, but it shouldn't be.