Please Stop Shooting

Please, please stop shooting.
Is it too much to ask that you rise to the task of
Thinking, just for a moment, before you strike?
How dare you say that an empty hand, and an armed one, look alike?

Please, please stop shooting.
There must be another way than ending yet another day
With another loss of life? You have to understand, why we tarnish you as racist?
When any shade darker than tan is automatically met with gun, or knife, or fist?

Please, please stop shooting.
Lead us by example and provide u...