58 crosses

I do not know you and now I never will

I cry for you, I cry my fill

I cry for your loved ones, who will miss you so

I cry, I cry because you had to go

your loss ripples through the universe

we cry, we cry and we curse

there are 58 crosses  

in Las Vegas

the shots reverberate

how can there be so much hate

tears across the land

how can we understand

there are 58 crosses to bear

58 crosses out there

some have stars of David, others red hearts

the grief they hold can’t be told apart

let people see so we never forget

life is precious and time is to let

It is so unclear

How did we let fear

turn to anger and violence

we can not be silenced

how did we let guns

get into hands undone

If we all open our hands

reach to understand

dissolve fear with love and compassion

bring caring back in fashion

because there are 58 crosses

watered with tears of losses

(c)2017 Catherine Elder