The tall and the short,
The rejected and distort,
Everyone at some point
Has experienced violence
STOP THE VIOLENCE NOW
Whether you are Cuban, Lucian or Bajan
A Trinidadian or a Dominican
Jew or Mexican
Or even a Syrian
STOP THE VIOLENCE NOW
Stop the homicide, heartless infanticide,
Patricide, matricide, fratricide, sororicide,
Shooting and knifing, chopping, yes blood shedding
Even massacring
It all begins with YOU!
Why not make a difference?
The cries of the people crying for justice,
In this world of crime and malice,
The cries of children for their fathers,
Husbands for their wives,
Wives for their husbands,
Brothers for their sisters,
Sisters for their brothers,
Why can’t these cries be met?
Yes! Crime also results in,
Fatherless children with foodless stomachs,
Lonely siblings, grieving wives,
Sorrowful fathers with puffed eyes
Crippled fathers,
Struggling mothers,
Overworked policemen,
Exhausted nurses,
And drained doctors
Stop crimes through,
LOVE, TOLORANCE, CONTENTMENT,
SELFCONTROL,
AND CALMNESS OF THE SOUL
-LINCIA JOSEPH
