Angel of Hope, Sturbridge, Massachusetts - photo by Paula Slade
TAKE HEED
Who will light the candles
when the children have all gone?
All those brilliant, promising
pinpoints of light winking out
enfolded, enveloped and shrouded
by the velvet black blindness of night.
The once great clock
will still tick and chime,
marking these times
of infinite passage through cosmos
crowded with vaporous voices
drifting
echoing
but falling
only on shadows of ears.
TAKE HEED.
Who will light the candles
when the children have all gone?
It's time now, for meaningful legislation to prevent more senseless tragedies.
Remembering the innocents and educators at
Sandy Hook Elementary - Newtown, Connecticut
Friday, December 14, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
3 comments:
Well said. My heart goes to all who have lost their children and other loved ones. Violence and guns must go.
The Newtown tragedy was indeed a sad event. We must consider the solutions that will be most effective. This may require deeper thought than what initially seems to be the obvious answers.
Lee
Tossing It Out
Beautifully written. Love to you and your family and the families from Sandy Hook.
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