Love Lost Poem by Mai Murphy Venn

Swiftly they took over


As the victims fell,


This was to be a fun night,


But became a living hell.





The hall was crowded


With the spirited and young,


They were launching out in life,


Their time had just begun.





It was to be a good night


As the rock band played,


Merciless gunmen invaded,


The young, they were slain.





There's no excuse for the massacre,


No matter who they are,


Innocent and young people


Who came from wide and far.





Such loss is so very painful


On loved ones as they grieve,


The sorrow forever lingers


For lives never again retrieved.