Thoughts and Prayers

Stop saying thoughts and prayers

We’ve all heard it enough

I know you don’t mean to be malicious 

But it doesn’t come from a place of love

The words reflect complacency

A lack of desire to act

To put a stop towards the injustice

To take a stand and react

Saying thoughts and prayers

May not change the past 

But it also doesn’t aid the future

To which more tragedy is forecast

If we don’t change the way we do things

Our policies and ideals 

Imagine if it was your child

Your loved one

How devastated you’d feel 

And yet you remove yourself emotionally 

Vote for the opposite of change

While the rest of us mourn once more 

And turn our tears to rage

As we scream for a better life 

For ourselves and for our heirs 

And yet all you decide to do 

Is say my thoughts and prayers