My Friends We Go Right Back To Where How Many Started 8 Long Years Ago …

The Story ….

I Was Celebrating Valentines Day At A Party in The Community Room Where I Live Come Home to Put on The News …  17 Dead 14 Kids At Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida.  I Was Devastated……

You See I Went To Elementary School in Coconut Creek Florida …At Coconut Creek Elementary in The Late 1970s… Lived in North Lauderdale Florida…. Know The Area Well …It Was My Childhood Home …  I Was Devastated… Three Days Later God Gave Me This Poem HOW MANY…  I Had Not Written A Poem in 23 Years …

So I Wrote This For All Those Lost Today 8 Years Ago on Valentines Day … A Day of Love ….

I Was Supporting Gun Violence Prevention For A While … But Because of What Happened I Got More Involved …. Like I Do With #Healthcare and #MedicaidExpansion  …

Now This Poem HOW MANY ….Is Dedicated To All Familes Who Lost Someone To Gun Violence  …. Like Leatha Sherill-Bush,  Tawana Akins,  Omorose Butler , Tracy Brown, Tangela Sears, Shikita Duberry Days and Many Others ….As My Friend Susan Kennedy Nanton AKA SUSAN BULLETS says …. “You Started A Movement”

Yes We Did And Will Continue To Do So …. Until WE ARE SAFE …

This Poem Was Inspired By Two Things

The Song : SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY BY U2

And The Poem :  Then They Came For Me … By Martin Niemoller

I Hope How Many Helps People Like Thise Two Great Works Do …

Enclosing The New Graphic and Original One

Thank You All God Bless