Rather It Be A Knife Poem by Randy McClave

If I met a criminal in a dark alley
Or if I met a criminal in the woods or in the valley,
I'd rather him be wielding a knife and not a gun
Then I could turn around and run.

If I were a teacher or a student in a school
And a crazy person came in with hate as fuel,
I'd rather his weapon be a knife and not a gun
Then he couldn't harm no more than one.

If I were shopping alone in a mall
And a weapon carrying masked man I had just saw,
I wound rather his weapon be a knife and not a gun
He'd use the weapon maybe once, then he is done.

If a stranger ever broke into my house
And then he threatened both me and my spouse,
If he was packing a knife and not a gun
There is two of us, so we would have won.

A gun shoots short and long distances many, many times
It can create many deaths and many crimes,
Whereas a knife can be used closeup and only one time to kill
So, just come after me with a knife, if you will.

Randy L. McClave