Where Were You When

When the sirens blast and church bells rung

Had you the discretion to stop your tongue

Each car that stopped and hushed its horn

Radios airing sirens, did you know it was to warn

Every one in 20 seconds to stop and pray

With respect to the six ladies killed on Friday

Emergency services couldn’t stop like scheduled surgery

Raise a hand if those around you stopped in awesome unity

Engines to buses were switch off after they were pull aside

Your respect for 3 minutes then we’ll continue the ride

Organizers overlooked some things yesterday

Using midday for people to start to pray

Whistles still blow and clocks still chime 

Having photographers shooting during silence should be crime

Every one else stopped working so why didn’t these

Negotiate their shots during sirens and like us during the silence freeze