Powerful work, Denise your voice speaks to many in these troubled times and it is difficult at best to stop what goes on. YOu are the voice of those that cannot fend for themselves and for those who want to understand the whys.
Amor.

Hard-boiled poetry. The kind that reaches out and grabs you and doesn't want to turn loose. The plight of the world today is playing out on the streets and inside cozy, comfortable houses which hides troubled kids with an addiction the violent video games and plays these games out in the class rooms across America.

This poem is so intense, as to be a true experience. We are gun culture and many believe, particularly the young, that guns are a tool of intimidation to be used for that purpose. There is no easy answer, but you seem to show by this poem that the community needs to pull together, find out who the culprits are, and bring them to justice before more harm is done.

Ron