Startled Awake

I wake up to the sounds of explosions all around me, the earth trembling beneath my bed. I realize that beyond the sounds of the explosions I can hear the sounds of scrambling feet and hurried and urgent voices. I hear cries of pain and agony. The first and immediate thought that runs to my head is "Not another drill." All I know is that I just want to sleep. I come to my senses a little more and realize I'm being selfish and complacent and need to snap out of it. I throw on a shirt and some shoes ( I really don't care if they match or not), grab my pistol, check the magazine to ensure it is loaded, then do a quick press check to make sure there is a round in the chamber. There is. I turn to the door and rush out to help where I can either by assisting the wounded or by putting down a potential intruder.

That's when I realize it's just another drill. Another sleepless night. Another day in this place. I then immediately go back to droning again.

I hate that. I hate that I know it and can't change it. This apathetic complacency which numbs me to my surroundings and the threat around me. But the question I have to ask is, are you sure that you're not doing the same thing? We have all grown to complacent, to apathetic, to numb, and unaffected by the threats that are against us every day.

Terrorism isn't neutralize, Al Qaeda is still plotting, new groups arise every day, and then we have the threats at home. So called "Militias" (which aren't really militias they're terrorist organizations) plotting to kill cops, racism (and I'm not just talking about white people here either), murder, rape, molestation, and the list goes on and on.

Yet we sit, unaffected in the "safety" of our own homes. "Poor folks," we say, "God bless their hearts, someone should do something." Yet we sit by and do nothing ourselves. We let the polititcians run our society, we allow the government to have the power. But it is not the government who can wield the power that this nation has been so richly blessed with. It is you, the American people who hold the power. You make the decision to end it all.

The nightmare that rattled you awake isn't just a dream. It's not a drill. It's the real deal. So what are you gonna do about it?

Valkyrie