The sun shone bright in the DC sky

As the rising tensions grew

Lifted into the memories shown

Crowds so eager, (to take love from you)

A normal day like any other

Darling beau close at hand

Elegant dinner to give buffer

To the foes that want you banned

The feast, though, will never happen

But who’s to say why it would be done

The surrounding aegis always dampen

The danger inherent by a hand on a gun

Slowly the wheels turned for miles on end

Each person more enthusiastic than last

Though your words, they wouldn’t commend

Unknowingly they’d soon be in the past

Stunned and in disbelief

This doesn’t happen here we say

One bullet turned you into a pawn

And silenced the hope, that lived day to day

It doesn’t matter though, with one fatal shot

The world stood still in the blink of an eye

Teardrops all fell from the news they got

Asking many questions, but most of all, why?

Although you’re gone our hope remains

Silence (darkness) doesn’t last forever

Though your words went swiftly by

Now there are millions of people asking why

The power you sought went swiftly by

Not a moment to look back and wonder

Things that could have been done less shy

Just millions of people asking why

This is not silenced hope - this is not silenced hope

We will carry on

This is not silenced hope - this is not silenced hope

We will rise above

If your empathy and patience can change one persons mind then there’s that much more love we will find