Kids with guns at school.
Nothing new.
Teachers spending more time teaching safety lockdowns than arithmetics.
Like another mandatory elective such as economics and politics.
Parents scared to drop their babies off.
Don’t you think we’ve had enough?
Every day waking up to a new threat,
We live in fear and are in a constant fret.
What happened to the good ol’ days,
When fear at school wasn’t something we had to face?
We say a prayer in the drop off line in the mornings,
Hoping we get through another day without threats and warnings.
Why has this become the new normal?
Take me back to the days that weren’t so formal.
When our biggest fear at school was getting a bad grade,
Not that a kid threatened to bomb the school with a grenade.
Being a mother this day and age is hard,
I pray we get through this chaos together and that school violence ends once and for all.
Jefa + Co. 