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For The Lives Scarred And Lost In Conn.

December 15, 2012
By BAU.emily SILVER, Bothell, Washington
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"evolution takes what we are, and gives us what we will be." ~me

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they closed their eyes and held hands,
walked past the bodies of their friends.
the short lives lost to take a stand,
no time for hobbies or play pretend.
innocence lost,
for the soul remains scarred.
is this the cost,
a piles a bullet shards?
a broken mind,
a confused soul.
trying to find,
but instead he stole.
this is a tragedy,
this is a massacre,
this is happening.
the mixing pot we stir.
this isn't the solution.
this isn't his fault.
the reason is confusing,
this we must halt.

© Katherine B., Hingham, MA

The author's comments:
no one deserved to die at the shooting in conn. a kindess to the shooter may have stopped it from happening. keep this from happening again, be nice.
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