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Me or Him

someone pulled a gun today
opened fire on a crowd
i suppose it’s nothing new

we’ve all thought of doing it
before

what stops us

what makes one man
decide life is so worthless
decides that he is so angry

that the consequences
don’t matter anymore

what makes him different from us
all he does
is do
what we’ve never thought we could

who is more crazy
the one who acts on their violence
or the one who holds it in

I’ve thought of shooting people
before

of course. I keep that
locked away
inside of me

I don’t act on my
impulses
of course not

who is more crazy
the one who acts on their violence
or the one who holds it in

who is more crazy
me or him


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Blister and Burn, Janet Kuypers 2007 book the book Sing Your Life the CD these Truths the CD Sing Your Life