Shoot To Kill Poem by Lawrence s. Makola

How can you utter such statement?
Without thinking of the circumstance
Incurred by misunderstandings shown by the brutal killing
The blood of the innocent children, women and men
Will stand against the state in front of the Almighty
How long shall we see families broken?
For how long shall we stand in grave yards to say our byes?
When would we wake up without the fear of losing one of us?
In the false pretentious shooting of criminals
What an excuse; we thought is a criminal
Why not reverse this before the country is destroyed
To me this is a license to kill
Rather than the way of reducing crime in our country
Families are devastated, friends are without kidneys
This came after one illiterate statement made by our leaders
Shoot to kill is not a solution but the creator of worse problem