It happened when I was watching tv
I saw these kids huddling in the corners
Running drills and practicing how to defend themselves from the “scary men” with guns

I saw those kids and I thought
“How do the scary men get these ideas”
People say from the news
People say from abuse
People say it’s just because they can
But I say it’s because we teach them each and every day

My brother is 12
He loves video games
He plays games from when the sun comes up and the sun comes down and he’s happy
But what is he screaming about
He’s screaming because his friend shot
him
and he’s dead
and he’s mad
and he gets revived and goes on to shoot him again

and I just can’t help but wonder why do these kids find guns so interesting
But before we had fortnight
and before we had Halo
we had these little weapons in plastic boxes that we bought at the Walmart
My brother used to play with nerf guns

He used to learn the quickest way to open reload and shoot other people and he studied those skills until he was the best at what he did and I can’t help but wonder

How can we complain when 13 school kids are shot dead when we give our youth the methods to shoot them their selves

My brother screams day in and day out with his friends and all I can hear are those same screams when some scary man decides that his game ain’t no game anymore