Even though I should
Because I am ashamed
At the bullets that rain
At the bullet point pain
Etched in their faces, rivulets in their eyes
They were just children, stolen from their time
Not forgotten in these lines
But to their parents and loved ones
It’s a void they’ll never fill, and it shouldn’t
Lives shredded and ruined
17 times we’ve gotten the chance to do better
and for the 18th, we blew it
Devereaux Frazier, Excerpt from ‘We Cannot Look Away: Not another seventeen, not another One,’ Darker Objects
“I write to connect with the known and unknown. The darkness that abounds in all of us is both intimidating and necessary. It is the simultaneous creation, destruction, and discovery of our beliefs and values that creates the artful human the world desperately needs to thrive. “
–Devereaux Frazier
Devereaux Frazier is a published poet and writer, contributor to Blood Into Ink, Guest Barista for Go Dog Go Cafe. His work has also been featured on SpillWords.com, where he was nominated for the May Publication of the Month in 2017. You can also find him published in Literary Arts Review and Teen Ink, the latter of which published his work in their monthly magazine in 2016. You can read more of Devereaux’s writing on Instagram: @dfrazier_0.
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