At the tip of a gun
Is the story of many
The bullet that is nested in its womb
Does not want to see the day
Let it stay.
For once delivered it will never return
Never bring back all that it snatches
Lives, memories, trust, innocence, love, peace, sanity, soul, family
When you have so much to say and yet you cannot say
Let it stay.
For there will be no order for it to stay.
There will be no one to put a stop
As it brings our world to a stop
I stop and wonder, is this why I go on
To see the bullet rip into the gone
Let it stay.
The bullet speaks to me, begs me
Don’t build any more schools as guns will not go away
Kill it all before it kills a child, the school or the gun, kill it
The bullet wants to be buried and returned to ashes
Before it buries more
Let it stay.
For the pain will stay and this pain will rise
Rise and revenge will call a gun again
The bullet told us so, kill or it will kill you
When will it stop, never as it waits in the womb of a gun
To be released, to be lodged, to be validated for this reason or that
Let it stay.
It will rise again, kill again, and laugh at us
Who take it with open arms, die for it, kill for it
We created it to protect us, from what?
Our children, our brothers, our sisters
Yes, we did, and we made our enemies the day we got the gun
Let it stay.
Give it another day and it will take us all
For it was born to destroy and it will take us all
For no time machine or words of sympathy
Can bring back the gone, the young and the lost
They die and we kill another one
Let it stay.
The memory of the hurt and pain don’t forget
For it shall raise the gun again
And spare none, this time it will be you yes you and your child.
How do you feel? Keep a gun to protect yourself and kill someone?
But the bullet is for your child, the blood is of your child
What did you save and what did you kill? Think and
Let it stay.
The feeling that this is enough, let it stay.
The crushing sadness of loss, let it stay.
The blood on the hands, let it stay.
The memories of the day, let it stay.
I have a lot to say but I will let it stay.
Let it stay-the gun.