Shoot

Shootings,
  not one, two.
Where do we go?
  blame, shame,
Round and round,
  stop, lean in
To the pain,
  then b-r-e-a-t-h-e.

Where is the word
  of love?
Hate answering hate,
  is not an answer.
Revenge burns bright,
  then fades empty.

Find the love,
  the compassion,
The kindness,
  a gentleness
Born of pain.
  the patience
Of endurance
  to find.

The answer
  in the simple
Signs of bread
  and wine.
In hurt and
  wrong not right.
Found in tombs
  of healing.