Stand Your Ground?

The stalked youth ran in fright;

Resisting with a fight,

As panic set the course,

Yet met with deadly force.

Veneered in whitewashed gloss,

Our thoughts show no remorse,

No pity for such loss!

But stand your ground, of course!

Marked in a common zone,

A child not yet eighteen.

Recalling on a phone,

The glaring eyes he’d seen.

It chills me to the bone,

Now thinking of that scene.

The watchman’s fatal shot

Ripped through the youngster’s chest.

And left a blood-stained plot,

Yards from the family nest.

Vibrations ring so clear,

Of helpless souls distressed.

Name someone you love here.

But stand your ground transgressed!

Marked in a common zone,

A child not yet eighteen.

Recalling on a phone,

The glaring eyes he’d seen.

It chills me to the bone,

Now thinking of that scene.

The earth weeps tears of blood;

Red pools become a flood,

As God's dear children slain,

Yell out for help in vain.

Volition guards the caste.

Old problems and disdain,

Now surface from our past.

But stand your ground’s insane!

Marked in a common zone,

A child not yet eighteen.

Recalling on a phone,

The glaring eyes he’d seen.

It chills me to the bone,

Now thinking of that scene.