No Control

This is about wanting to be able to stop everything that shouldn't happen.

I opened the paper and read a story today
About an abused girl who ran away
Who knows what was going through her head?
No one will know; the next day she was found dead

Turned on the radio and just happened to hear
A story about a soldier who lives not far from here
His convoy was bombed in the heart of Baghdad
He never got to hear that he was going to be a dad

Why does this happen? Why won’t it stop?
Give me your pain; our lives we can swap.
I’m tired of people taking more than their toll.
I’m tired of feeling like I have no control.

Went home on the bus, heard a man talk
About a friend of his who was mugged and then shot
“He loved to swim.” sobbed the man’s friend
“Now he’ll never be able to swim ever again”

I turned on the T.V. and the anchor explained
About a young woman held hostage by a gang
She cried as they kept her still with a gun
Not caring that she just had a newborn son.

Why does this happen? Why won’t it stop?
Give me your pain; our lives we can swap.
I’m tired of people taking more than their toll.
I’m tired of feeling like I have no control.
 

Reviews

[Satchmo's Gal]

Some things we have have no control over... I know it hurts. I've been there. I am a total control freak and when thing happen that are out of my control I... I want to cry. That's way trust and faith is hard to dish out these days... Because hearts are way too easy to break. It's much easier to tune out. Fantastic poem. I loved it.