Friday
I heard the
news and my heart ached
I turned on
the TV and I wept
These poor innocent
children and teachers
The
families and friends that are left behind
How could
life be so unkind?
Monday
The first two burials began today
As the TV
news flashed all the pictures of the children that were so brutally murdered
I sobbed as
if I knew each and every one of them
What has
happened to us that something such as this took place?
On a Friday
in December in 2012
This is
North America
This is not
a war zone
One shooter
is all it took to not only destroy these lives but to change the lives of
everyone
Making
parents and children fearful, just to go to school, just to walk down the
street, just to play
There’s a
saying that time heals everything
Time cannot
possibly heal what has happened here
My heart
goes out to everyone in Newtown Connecticut
A very sad day indeed my friend. I am still in shock, stunned by the news and very angry with despair. How could this happen? Mental health issues need to be addressed and guarded more carefully, guns in his house, purchased by his mother, why? when she knew she had an unstable son. The poor, poor, innocent lives taken for no reason other than them being in that school on this darkest of days.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Poem, Susan
ReplyDeleteThat was a tragic event and I pray that it is never repeated anywhere on this planet..Amen