LEWISTON. ~ R.M. Engelhardt

R.M. ENGELHARDT POET AUTHOR WRITER

LEWISTON

They said:

18 people were killed
13 others were injured

They said:

Stay inside

Lock all your doors

Pray for others

Stay safe

But what door
What prayer
And what God
Will save you?

Against a
Hail of bullets
Ripping through
The darkness of
The night?

Taking away all
The living

All their lives

They say

In one of the safest states
In the nation

They said
They said
They said

As the dead
Lay on the ground
As evidence

That no one is ever safe

At all