I’ve been thinking about what happened at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. First off, FUCK THE POLICE that stood around and did nothing. I hope the shame of what they did (not do) crawls across their skin and into their mouths and chokes them. But I know some of them are fathers and their kids need them. So, for the sake of their own children, I hope they find a way to be a good parent.
After, and before, that, I think about the parents that lost their child, especially the mothers.
Her heart shreds and screams tear out her throat and there is not enough air even though it is heaving in her chest. Her muscles weigh a thousand pounds and press her into the ground.
And what-ifs ricochet inside her head, as if she could just find the right explanation it would make SENSE and somehow her baby would be ALIVE.
Her ears strain to hear, “Mom, Mom, Mom,” and her arms are empty.