The Loss of Innocence
Location
A calm before the storm
Like drifting in the eye of a hurricane
A peace in the school of children
A man breaks through the wall of serenity
Trailing Death and Destruction in his wake
With a mind warped with violence
To create a murderer
Like a switch a change is made
The children's laughter transform to screams
Thunder rumbles through the hallways as they scramble
Desperate to escape
Gunshots echo in the heads of babes
So many fly through the air thick with fear and pain
Children cry out in terror and agony
Blood paints the walls
And tells a heartbreaking story
So much blood
So much death
One man took twenty-six lives
One man stole the precious innocence of children
One man committed the ultimate act of evil
To take a life is shocking enough
Let alone twenty-six
To harm a child is sickening
Let alone claim their lives
No one can imagine the horror they faced
You look at their beautiful faces and scream
Scream at the injustice of this
You cry in agony at such a loss
You stare at their sweet frozen smiles
Eyes glinting with the joy that only children can feel
You can't wrap your mind around it
So many families in mourning
I pray for them all
Noah, Charlotte, Jack,
Olivia, Dylan, Catherine,
Avielle, Jessica, James,
Josephine, Caroline, Benjamin,
Chase, Ana, Daniel,
Grace, Emilie, Madeleine, and Allison
Lives ened far to soon
Bright futures extinguished
I pray for the loving teachers
Anne, Victoria, Lauren,
Rachel, Mary, Dawn, and Nancy
People willing to do anyhting to protect their children
Willing to give their very lives
Let us pray
Let us heal
Let us hope
For a better future
For a world that isn't cloaked in darkness,
With people lurking in the shadows waiting to act on their sick desires of murder
Just let us...
Let us live
In honor of those we lost
Living in our hearts for all eternity
Those that will never fade from our memory
Those that await us with open arms in Heaven