Photo: time.com (Flowers and candles at the mosque in Christchurch, NZ)
He Wanted To Be Remembered
He wanted to be remembered
beyond his broken beginnings
and unrealised expectations that he
continually cut and pasted onto
other people in his life,
a behaviourist’s delight,
a man of such dissatisfaction
that the world, his world,
was not made in his image,
his anger was all sinews and knots
and his specialty was invective, hate,
stabbing people with his tongue
and building cheap worlds of resistance
in his head that tickled his ego
and gratified his mind,
he wanted to be remembered
for stealing the souls of forty-nine
innocent and beautiful people.
ยฉPaul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
What he did was really heartbreaking. A twisted mind who ran amok.
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Absolutely, despicable and tragic!๐ข
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Sure is, too much hate in the world
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There definitely is..we need more kindness and love for sure!โค๏ธ
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Yes we sure do โค๏ธ
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Heartbreaking indeed.
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Yes, it’s very sad indeed.The world seems to be in a state of topsyturvy.So much of hatred,no forgiveness nonetheless awesome writing.Thanks.
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Thank you Francis
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My pleasure.
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Heartbreaking. This world was not made in its imagine. How well you expressed this tragedy.
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Many thanks, yes heartbreaking
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His name should be removed from history and of those like him, too. Such a terrible waste of life.
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Yes, awful,waste of life, very heavy.
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Very sad news.
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Absolutely
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Way too much hatred in this world.
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Yes, way too much indeed
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Another very sad day for mankind.
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Yes, heavy stuff.
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Shocking event, very sad.
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Absolutely.
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Haters are gonna hate. It’s what they do. Nice memorium Paul.
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Many thanks, and yes hate is out there.
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My soul is heavy with these tragedies. Sometimes it feels it will implode.
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Youโve put your finger on how I feel, I can so agree with that.
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Heartbreaking. God is surely weeping.
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Yes, I think that God is weeping Janet.
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Every word you write is Brilliant, but these stand out for me…as they describe me (though I would not perpetrate violence and tragedy as remedy):
“He wanted to be remembered
beyond his broken beginnings
and unrealised expectations that he
continually cut and pasted onto
other people in his life,”
God bless you today โค
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Me too, we have taken the better road my friend. ๐
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Indeed we have, I never doubt that part, dear friend ๐
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Very well expressed Paul. He may not realise how much burden is upon his soul now.
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Yes indeed Rupali, having worked with some in his situation that is a real outcome. Thank you.
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It breaks my heart to see the hatred around! We all need to HEAL! ๐ฆ
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So agree Richa, we really do, our leaders could take a leaf out of NZs PM Jacinda Ardernโs modelling too.
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I am with you that.. Excellent leadership!
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Absolutely so.
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Well done Paul. Such a tragedy, the whole world can feel it.
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Yes, so senseless, the pain of it is potent.
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I read the first few lines thinking you were referring to domestic violence and the experience of so many on a daily basis. Pain, outrage, anger, all so palpable in these lines.
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I grew up in DV, it was traumatic, yes, palpable. Thank you Dawn
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I’m so sorry to hear this, Paul. I sensed the pain before I processed the poem.
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Ah, empathy – thank you
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Welcome, Paul.
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light will vanquish darkness
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Always, thankfully so, thank you
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This packs a punch, Paul. So well written. Wow.
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I can’t click like on this powerful poem. What a terrible way to be remembered.
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Yes, I get that, horrible, thank you for reflecting on it.
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Reblogged this on Micworldwide.
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Thank you Michael
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Oh… I’m sorry Sir!
I made a mistake… Didn’t know when I touch the follow button and unfollowed you. Let me click it again.
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Heartbreaking. The only one tiny hopeful thing (although not for those who lost their lives) is the immediate push to quickly tighten the gun laws. If only that could finally be a model and an inspiration for my country…
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Yes, I’m hoping that the more other countries arrive at this it might help yours to move that way too. Australia did it in 1996, so let’s hope there’ll be more
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This is really a difficult subject for poetry and you write from such an interesting point of view and build up to the tragic consequences of one man’s actions, though I fear the hate is perpetrated in too many ways but the goodness in the majority must prevail.
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Yes, the goodness must prevail, Iโm longing for a time when we can get beyond this stuff, so debilitating. Thank you so much for reflecting back on this. I take the view that poets must take the hard road, others might not, so we can choose to creatively engage it. I live in hope that words can still influence.
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Very much agree.
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Thank you – nice to know there are a few of us.
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Sad poem but so well said
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Yes, absolutely sad, thank you.
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