Tragedy Abounds, a poem

Tragedy Abounds

Today I went to school

It was like any other

Until

A man came

Looking for his mother

He came in

Saying she wasn’t any good

Then he started

Shooting us with his gun

So many of us gone

We were so young

We ranged in ages

From 5-10

Those were just the kids

He took 18 of us

Today with only

11 days until Christams

We won’t see another

We won’t be a mother

Nor will we be a father

We won’t live to see

Grandchildren

Great-grandchildren

And so on

This man killed us

Today on 12-14-12

The world mourned

The worst school shooting at

An elementary school in the country

They say

On this day

Let us not forget Columbine

And Thurston High School

On this great day of tragedy

Let us all be reminded of

Not only this day

But others as well

We won’t be the first

But we will be the youngest

Rest in Peace all you little angels

12-14-12