I didn't hear the gunfire

I didn't see the chaos

I didn't feel the horror

I can only imagine

Flashes of light and jostling bodies and rattling bullets

Running and tripping and dawning realization

Snippets of shouts for loved ones

The awful hollow thud of what used to be a person hitting the ground

I can only imagine

I cannot fix this aftermath a bit

I am sitting safe in my warm mountain home that has never faced such violations

I am ranting to the wall about the depth of human depravity and how it astounds me

I am wanting the means to help those left behind

I am praying that relief will come swift and easy

I cannot fix this aftermath a bit

So I leave with them my greatest most powerful sincerest wishes

Peace to the sobbing mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers

Solace to the broken best friends and buddies and comrades

Courage to the fighters and soldiers and helpers

Vengeance to the oppressors and devastators and beasts

So I leave with them my greatest most powerful sincerest wishes

I see the images of destruction

I hear of the death toll climbing

I feel the world rising in defense of those wronged