Prayers Don’t Stop Bullets

Carlos Loera

May 28, 2022

Prayers don’t stop bullets

When is enough

What is enough

When our prayers seem distant

Blood soaked children 

Innocence is lost

While you fight for power

Take blood money for votes

Make money on children’s death

Blood soaked politicians

Gaslighting us every time

Power-hungry politicians don’t cry

Band-aids on the open scars of children

Never heal

Prayers heal

But prayers never stop bullets

Carlos Loera teaches at San Antonio College as an Adjunct Faculty member. He paints, draws, and writes poetry.