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Six Minutes Twenty Seconds

from Censor the Silence by Cameron Blake

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Candle vigil in the schoolyard
Hundreds gather in their grief
It wasn’t like this yesterday
When terror filled the street

Flowers laid along the Boulevard
Wilting in the Florida heat
She shaves her head like Joan of Arc
She breaks before she speaks

Showin’ up with nothin’ to show
Showin’ up all shot full of holes
Showin’ up has taken its toll
But hope just won’t let go

“Make a gesture try to soothe yourself
Express the tension and release”
She puts her fingers deep inside her mouth
And she bites down with her teeth

Eggshells crushed into the frying pan
She’s all but lost her appetite
When you’re living on adrenaline
Dark circles form around your eyes

Six-minute twenty-second mile run
Around the school track today
That’s how long it took a lone gunman
To take my childhood away

Showin’ up with nothin’ to show
Showin’ up all shot full of holes
Showin’ up has taken its toll
But hope just won’t let go

Will the birds start singin’?
Will the bells start ringin’?
Will the morning start bringin’ good news?
Good news!
We love, we laugh, we bruise
It’s all that we can do
How long until the sun breaks through?
How long? How long?

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from Censor the Silence, released October 30, 2020

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