1,600 too many ...

The Sunday Gleaner's main story 

lamented the loss of 

 an unbelievable  

1,600 children  

to crime and violence.

That's 1,600 futures snuffed out;

1,600  

solutions 

to problems 

in Jamaica 

that we will 

NEVER

have the joy 

of experiencing;

1,600 voices, 

smiles,

 lives 

that will 

never 

be heard,  

seen 

or experienced.

 

In my mind, 

 
it creates a 

 
yawning chasm 

 
in the future 

 
of our nation.

We will never know 

what we have lost 

in those 1,600 children.

Our record for 

savage heartlessness 

is nothing to be proud of.

It's 1,600 innocent lives, Jamaica!!

When will we wake up and stop the senseless killing?

See the Sunday Gleaner article here.