Helicopter Views

I was just six in a room
Watching the news
Astounded by the helicopter views
Puzzled by why
There were tears in my mother’s eyes
It was only my father’s school

I was ten in a room
Watching the news
Remembering the last time I saw these helicopter views
My mother clung to my brother so tight
This was the first time I saw him cry
As he stared at his backpack on the screen

I was fourteen in a room
Watching the news
Devastated because I had to see these reappearing helicopter views
Numb with disappointment my mother sighed
I finally understood why she had no more tears left to cry
As we watched my cousins file out of their school

I was nineteen in a room
Watching the news
Terrified and shaken by the helicopter views
Surrounded by unknown faces
What I would do for my mother’s embrace
As they showed college students running for their lives

I never want to sit in a room
Watching the news
And see those fucking helicopter views
They were all insane
Wanting to shoot kids brains
And while they did succeed
They also fucked up my brain indeed

So I won’t sit in a room
Watching the news
I won’t bare to see these helicopter views
I’m going to stand up for my life, put up a fight
Because every lost life deserves it
And I hope you join me